U-21: Ukraine's national team at Antalya Cup 2019 upset team of Kazakhstan and top the table

25.03.2019 19:58

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The victory of the blue and yellows in the match of the international tournament Antalya Cup 2019 brought accurate shots Rusyn and Lednev.

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

The third game day on tournaments in Turkey proved to be victorious for the national team of Ukraine - as well as the second, when it met with the Macedonians (3: 1). Prior to that, the blue and yellows met with the Estonian national team (0: 0).

In the game with Kazakhstan, Ruslan Rotan had the opportunity to choose from all available players. The Ukrainians started the match confidently and took the lead in the 11th minute. Topalov fired, Rusyn in the fight with the opponent was on the lawn and himself upset the Kazakhs with an accurate shot from the 11-meter mark.

During the break, the coaches of the youth team made several substitutions, and they worked. In the 64th minute, Lednev, who replaced Lunev, earned a penalty and realized it himself. In the end - a confident victory of the Ukrainian "youth" (2: 0).

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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.

Antalya Cup 2019 International Tournament

Ukraine (U-21) - Kazakhstan (U-21) - 2: 0 (1: 0)

Goals: Rusyn (11, penalty), Lednev (64, penalty).

Ukraine: Kozhukhar, Bykov, Baboglo (Romanchuk, 67), Lunyov (Ladnev, 59), Lebedenko, Topalov, Rusin (Serdyuk, 46), Putra, Milovanov, Kravchuk (Rizier, 52), Czech.

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Schedule of tournament matches

Standings

We will remind that competitions in Belek pass on a circular system with two exceptions. As the Latvian and Estonian youth teams (as well as the teams of Kazakhstan and Macedonia) have been included in one Euro-2021 (U-21) selection group, matches will not be held between them. 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 the meeting with Estonia did not give them points. But for the Estonians this match had a tournament value.