U-21: Ukrainian youth team starts their game program at Turkish draw

21.03.2019 18:35

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With a tremendous game advantage, Ruslan Rotan's team failed to break through the defense of the Estonia youth team. 

Today, with a match against the youth national team of Estonia, the national team of Ukraine U-21 started the program of control matches in Turkey within the framework of an international tournament, in which the national teams of Kazakhstan, Latvia and Macedonia also participate.

It will be recalled that the competition in Belek will be held on a circuit system with two exceptions. As the youth national teams of Latvia and Estonia (as well as the teams of Kazakhstan and Macedonia) are in the same qualifying group for Euro 2021 (U-21), matches between them will not be held.

In this regard, to determine the winner of the tournament in the standings of each team will go only three duels. Thus, the Ukrainians will become the only team that will play four matches in Turkey, but a meeting with Estonia in any case would not give them points. But for the Estonians this match had a tournament value.

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The first minutes of the game against the Baltics passed in an equal struggle, perhaps the Estonians acted a little sharper. However, the minutes from the 20th blue-yellow took the initiative into their own hands. Ball control and team selection did not allow opponents to cross the middle of the field often. Ruslan Rotan's charges had to score more than once in the first half, but the goalkeeper of the Estonian national team saved the situation, and sometimes the Ukrainians were let down by inaccuracies.

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And after the break the advantage of the national team of Ukraine did not cause any doubt. For several goals blue-yellow so accurately beat. Smyrny alone could score twice. By the end of the fight, the Estonians acted in the fight, but still withstood the pressure of our team. 0: 0.

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International Tournament Antalya Cup 2019

Estonia (U-21) - Ukraine (U-21) - 0: 0

Ukraine. 1st half: Bilyk, Bykov, Milovanov, Semenikhin, Lebedenko, Ladnev, Rizier, Alibekov, Lunyov, Kozak, Rusyn. 2st half: Kozhukhar, Yakimets, Baboglo (Romanchuk, 66), Cheberko, Stetkov (Dubinchak, 66), Czech, Smyrny, Putra, Kravchuk, Vantukh, Topalov. 

Antalya Cup 2019. Match Schedule

It will be recalled that this training is one of the stages of team preparation for official competitions. In the qualifying tournament for Euro-2021 (U-21) blue and yellow will start on September 6 match with Finland.