Vladimir Reva: "Playing with Hungary will be a fight of tactics and characters"

03.09.2018 23:42

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The head coach of the national women's national team of Ukraine Volodymyr Reva told about preparation for the match against Hungary, the task of his team and the newcomers blue and yellow.

- Volodymyr Serhiiovych, the team has new names, and the recent debutants have returned - they are forced replacements, did they deserve a challenge to the national team with their game?

- We approach the training camp with forced losses - minus two main players. Tetyana Kozyrenko and Tamila Khimich will not help us for various reasons. In view of this, I turned to the management, and I was met with two additional days to hold a sparring match with Zhytlobud-1 in Kharkiv. This match was needed both to introduce new players, and to restore, and to practice team communications and interactions.

Our only debutant is Nadiya Kunina, but I know her abilities well, because when she was still forming the WU-15 team, she was in the team of that convocation. I continued to follow her, as well as other girls, during their professional growth. Nadiya attracted attention with her game in the youth team and especially in the last qualifying matches of the Women's Champions League for Zhytlobud-1. It's time to let her know that she has grown to the level of a national team. As for Korsun and Shevchuk, they have already been called up to the national team before.

- In the away match against Hungary, the Ukrainian national team only snatched victory in the last seconds. In your opinion, the game in Ternopil will be just as difficult? Have you managed to study the weaknesses and strengths of the future opponent?

- The Hungarian national team is a strong enough team in all components of the football art. It has enough personalities, and there is a clear picture of team play. The score with which the away game ended for us (let me remind you that we snatched the victory only in overtime) proves once again: the scales could be tilted in any direction. We won thanks to the team character and individual skill of Daria Apanashchenko. I think that the next fight will also be a struggle of tactics with full dedication, and, of course, a lot will depend on luck.

- Which of the rivals will you focus on? Who is the biggest threat to the blue-yellows?

- I repeat, there are leaders in Hungary. There is a clear picture in the actions of this team. She has a well-placed game. I would single out Captain Chisar and Jacobfi, who recently played in Kyiv in the final of the Women's Champions League.

- Did the flight to Sweden make adjustments to the team's plans to prepare for the match with Hungary? Will a few days be enough to recover?

- The Hungarian team will have more time to prepare, because it did not play at the end of August. Therefore, we have an important task ahead of us - to restore the players after the game and the flight from Sweden.

- The national team of Ukraine will play in Ternopil for the first time. What can you say about this city in the football sense?

- This match will be useful for expanding the fan geography and popularizing football. Let's see if the city will be fortunate, considering the final result. During my football career I played many times in Ternopil - it is a football city, there is a large number of loyal and responsible fans. We hope for their support. The same as we have always had in Lviv.