[1] Rats considered that it was difficult to gain adequate playtime along with such players like Susloparov, Bal, Brovarskyi, Dumanskyi, Dubrovnyi.

[1] In 1983 Valeriy Lobanovskyi was replaced by Yuriy Morozov and Rats only played one match for the first team and was thinking to leave the club.

He eventually spoke about his condition to the Hungarian club administration, and they helped out with medical treatment and Rats was ready for the season.

In the 1986 World Cup he scored a goal with a 27-meter shot against France in a 1–1 draw in the first round: a headed clearance by France was picked up by Ihor Belanov and laid off to Rats, who on the first touch, struck the ball powerfully from several yards outside the area past French goalkeeper Joël Bats and into the top right corner of the net.

Vasyl Rats grew up as a Hungarian-speaking person in the Soviet Union and experienced some difficulties integrating into the Russian culture which dominated in the Ukrainian SSR.

In interview with Dmytro Gordon Vasyl Rats said that Andriy Bal who was a native of Lviv region helped him with integration into FC Dynamo Kyiv.