U-17: Personnel foundation for the success of the youth team of Ukraine in qualifying for Euro-2019

18.10.2018 17:10

The players born in 2002 in the national team of Ukraine U-17 in the second decade of October held the first official biography of his matches - the first round of UEFA EURO 2019.

And returned from the Bosnian city of Kakan as the winners of the group with a pass to the elite qualifying round, which will take place in the spring of 2019. The draw for the elite round will take place on December 6 in Nyon, Switzerland.

Triumph during preparation

Preparations for the start of the selection began in the spring of 2017, when Volodymyr Yezerskyi first assembled this team. Since then and until the start of the official tournament, the boys born in 2002 have played 19 friendly matches, in 10 of which they won.

In particular, they won five of the six matches in the 2018/2019 season. Three of the four are at the August Bannikov Memorial. In the final match with Turkey there was a draw, and we had to beat a penalty, where our goalkeeper Ruslan Nescheret showed himself perfectly, repelling three (!) Shots from the 11-meter mark.

Thus, the national team of Ukraine became the winner of the Victor Bannikov Memorial for the sixth time (and for the first time since 2012). Although, according to Yezersky, no one set such a task: "The main thing is to review new players called to replace some key players who are either injured or remain in clubs, because now - not an official window for international matches."

And in September there were two sparring with Azerbaijan, won with a total score of 10: 0. Although initially plans were games with Ireland.

Breeding work

In the matches of the Victor Bannikov Memorial and sparring matches with the Azerbaijanis, the coaching staff managed to watch a large number of players. In August - the 21st, in September - seven more new (compared to the previous stage). And in October, two more were added to the qualifying games, including the scorer from the German "Nuremberg" Eric Shuranov. At the beginning of the 2018/2019 season in the German championship (Southern Zone), he scored six goals in seven matches.

The guy showed his class in the national team of Ukraine - four goals in three matches. He started the selection in reserve, but spent the second and third matches in the base. Especially important were his two effective shots in a duel with the hosts of the tournament, Bosnia and Herzegovina, for first place in the group.

Horrible start, good finish

Perhaps the devastating victories over Azerbaijan have slightly cooled the team. And starting match with Iceland, in which several boys born in 2003 played, the national team of Ukraine U-17 started just awfully. In the 7th minute, Serhiy Nagornyak's charges (assistant replaced head coach Volodymyr Yezersky, who did not fly to Bosnia due to family circumstances) had already lost - 0: 2. It is good that we managed to win back and save the match - 2: 2.

In the second round, the Ukrainians mocked Gibraltar - 11: 0and then it was the same a key duel with Bosnia, which also reduced its duel with Iceland to a draw.

In the event of a settlement between the teams of Ukraine and Bosnia would have to consider additional indicators (in the victory over Iceland hibraltartsyamy no doubt), but this time our boys were set up very seriously. Three times Ukraine was ahead in the count, twice in Bosnia regaining equilibrium, but in the third effort there was not enough. 3: 2.

Personnel facts

The basis of the team in the qualifying matches were nine players of Shakhtar, seven - Dynamo, one each - Dnipro, German "Nuremberg" and Belarusian "Dynamo" from Minsk.

All three matches were played by 13 players: Bohdan Vyunnyk, Danylo Honcharuk, Daniel Egbujuo, Edward Kobak, Vladislav Kobylyansky, Heorhiy Sudakov, Mykita Turbayevsky (all - Shakhtar), Viktor Bliznichenko, Volodymyr Brazhko, Vladyslav Vanat, Ilya Zabar Skorko (all - "Dynamo") and Eric Shuranov ("Nuremberg").

Konstantin Vivcharenko (Dynamo), Anthony Emere (Shakhtar) and Maxim Solovyov (Dnipro) played two matches each, Dmitry Avdeev (Shakhtar), Yevgeny Ryazantsev (Dynamo) and Maxim Shevchenko played one match each. Dynamo Minsk).

Goalkeeper Oleksiy Slutsky (Dynamo) never played.

The best scorers of the team in the selection: 4 goals - Sudakov, Shuranov, 2 - Vanat, Kobak, 1 - Bliznichenko, Brazhko, Goncharuk, Skorko.

Eleven more players took part in the preparation for the start: five from Dynamo (Yegor Glushach, Mykhailo Zheleznyak, Volodymyr Zdyrko, Mykita Isadchenko and Ruslan Nescheret), two each from Dnipro (Danylo Volynets and Myroslav Znovenko) and Karpaty ”(Taras Kud and Yuriy Tlumak), one each from Kyiv CYSS-11 (Maksym Kucheryavy) and Shakhtar (Artem Umanets).