Oleksandr Petrakov: Video is enough about rivals at the World Cup

Head coach of the U-20 youth team Alexander Petrakov believes that there is no favorite in our group.

In the group round of the 2019 U-20 World Cup in blue and yellow will have to meet with teams in Qatar, Nigeria and the US. Recall that this tournament will be pass in Poland from May 23 to June 15.

The head coach of the Ukrainian national team Oleksandr Petrakov spoke about the preparation for the tournament.

- Oleksandr Vasyliovych, what can you say about the rivals of the national team of Ukraine in the group round of the World Cup?

- Now I know little about them, because I have not studied the team carefully. However, we have enough videos and statistics, so I will start working on them in the near future. All opponents have equal chances to leave the group.

We played with the Americans at the 2015 New Zealand World Cup. It is clear that they already have a completely different team, but the coach remained the same. After the draw, he flew to Germany to discuss with local club leaders questions about his players playing there to be released to the tournament.

By the way, I have already seen the Americans play against Honduras, as we were planning to play a friendly match with the United States on March 22. Now they had to give up as they are our rivals for the World Cup. On this date, we have rescheduled a match with South Korea, but for the 25th opponent so far. Sparring with Uruguay failed. We agreed to play with him on May 17, but this team changed mentor, and the Uruguayans refused.

I want to hold friendly matches with representatives of different confederations. On April 18, preparation for the World Cup will begin in Germany, she invites us there, but, of course, we will not be able to come in April. Mexico invites you to Austria. Hopefully we can agree to play with South Africa before the World Cup.

- As far as we know, you are currently in Poland?

- So. We study the local infrastructure, fields, gyms, hotels, conference rooms, where you could conduct tactical classes. There are enough organizational issues.

- But the most important question for you, probably, is that the clubs release all the players you will count on?

- I want everyone who is involved in solving this issue to win common sense. This is the World Cup, and for footballers it may be the first and last such forum in their careers. I imagine the desire of the guys to play in Poland and defend the honor of the country with dignity. This is the second most important tournament in the world, as FIFA representatives said in the draw, so I want to believe that the interests of the national team will come first.

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