Ukraine boss insists Scotland and Wales should not donate a World Cup place as he reveals latest on playoff situation

Ukraine manager Oleksandr Petrakov doesn't want a World Cup place donated to his country despite the good intentions of those proposing a bye to Qatar.

His side are set to take on Scotland in a delayed play-off semi-final at Hampden in June, though it could be put back further with the Under-20 World Cup winning boss admitting he's unsure when the game will go ahead given the Russian invasion of his country.

The winners play Wales in a winner-takes-all clash in Cardiff and Ukrainian officials are rushing through permits to allow players to leave the country and train abroad.

Some have suggested the two British nations stand aside in the ultimate gesture of sporting goodwill.

But Petrakov, who replaced Andriy Shevchenko as the senior boss, has now insisted he wants no part of an act of football charity.

He said: "Do I think we should have a World Cup place donated to us? Of course not. I fully agree with what Andriy Yarmolenko said about it.

"We must play in Scotland and get a World Cup ticket on our own.

"Of course, I speak only for myself. Any proposal would have to through our executive committee and the president.

"But I can assure you that I am personally very much against it. We need to play.

" UEFA will tell us what date we have to play in June. We are speaking to them of course, although I don't want to say when the game will be scheduled for yet.

"Our job is to tell everyone what preparations are being made for the game in Glasgow."