U-20: Ukraine's youth team begins preparations for the World Cup today
Oleksandr Petrakov's team will prepare for the World Cup in Ukraine and play two friendly matches.
Today the youth team of Ukraine (players not older than 1999 year of birth) will start work dedicated to the World Cup, which will start in Poland on May 23. True, in full, except for Andriy Lunin, Oleksandr Petrakov's team will gather on the 13th. The Leganes goalkeeper will arrive directly in Poland, as the head coach of the Spanish club is counting on the Ukrainian in the last matches of the Primera Division.
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Before departure for the tournament, the blue and yellow will be based in Pushcha-Vodytsia, and the training will be done twice in Vorzel, which is half an hour away from the location.
During this work, Oleksandr Petrakov's wards will play two friendly matches at the Viktor Bannikov Stadium: on May 14 - with the first-league Kolos from Kovalivka (the match starts at 19.00) and on May 18 - with the South African U-20 national team (19.00).
Recall that the group stage of the World Cup 2019 (U-20) Ukraine national team will meet with teams from the USA (24th), Qatar (27th) and Nigeria (30th).
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Team of Ukraine U-20
Goalkeepers: Andriy Lunin (Leganes, Spain), Vladislav Kucheruk (Dynamo Kyiv), Dmytro Riznyk (Vorskla Poltava).
Defenders: Valery Bondar, Viktor Kornienko, Yukhym Konoplya (all - Shakhtar Donetsk), Denis Popov, Vitaly Mykolenko (both - Dynamo Kyiv), Igor Snurnitsyn (Olympic Donetsk), Oleksandr Avramenko (Karpaty Lviv), Alexander Safronov (Dnipro-1), Oleg Veremienko (Kalush), Danilo Beskorovainy (Zemplin, Slovakia),
Midfielders: Serhiy Buletsa, Heorhiy Tsitaishvili (both Dynamo Kyiv), Oleksiy Kashchuk, Maksym Chekh (both Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleksiy Khakhlov (Alaves, Spain), Kyrylo Dryshlyuk (Alexandria), Oleksandr Belyaev (Dnipro-1), Mykola Musolitin (Chornomorets, Odessa), Vadym Yanchak (Lokomotiv, Slovakia).
Forwards: Vladislav Supryaga (Dynamo Kyiv), Danylo Sikan (Mariupol), Denis Ustymenko (Alexandria).
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