Oleksandr Kosenko: “In the first match in the Czech Republic they were given the opportunity to play all the performers, and in the second they repelled from what they saw”

04.02.2019 12:03

Photo by Pavlo Kubanov

Last week, the Futsal Ukraine national team held two field trips against the Czechs. In the first match Ukrainians lost - 0: 4, and in the other took revenge - 4: 2. After returning home, our team mentor Oleksandr Kosenko commented on the result of the fights and also told about the future plans of the team.

— In and they saidthat you want to check out in young players' sparring. Did they manage to express themselves?

- I am satisfied with some futsal players, some played weaker than they can. In general, we fulfilled the task, looked at the players. Based on this, we will determine who to count on in the future.

— Select one of the artists?

- Honestly, I would not like to. Let the guys keep working, training. Moreover, these were friendly matches.

— How do you generally evaluate the actions of the team in both sparring?

- In the first match we gave everyone the opportunity to play, and in the next match we started from what we saw. Our game in the second match was more complete. We must take into account that we met for the first time as such, so there were a lot of drawbacks in the starting match. Having dealt with this sparring, we acted more coherently in the second.

— What will you note in the Czech team at these meetings?

- I liked a good team, played. Czech futsal players have been playing together for a long time, their mutual understanding is at a very high level. They work quite well with the ball and in terms of power. However, the team already has many age-old players, so a change of generations awaits it ahead.

— Is there any information on the following sparring partners of the national team of Ukraine?

- At the beginning of April we will play against Croatia, and negotiations are underway on the next matches.