Oleksandr Petrakov: “Panama is a disciplined, tactically competent team, the coach's hand is felt”

Today the U-20 youth team held a pre-match training on the eve of the 1/8 World Cup final against Panama.

The team reached the training field in the town of Sosnowiec in 15 minutes. The training itself, as usual, began with jogging, stretching and mobility exercises. We finished this part of the lesson by playing a kind of tic-tac-toe. Then there were game exercises and heating of tactical schemes.

Photo by Andrii Mayorov

Before the training, the coach of the Ukrainian national team Oleksandr Petrakov told about the preparation for the upcoming match:

"All the players are healthy, everyone is training - there are no losses. Tomorrow we will play against Panama. In two days we watched three matches with the participation of this team. I really liked the team - disciplined, tactically competent, the coach's hand is felt. The fact that our opponents have a day less in terms of training, I think, will not affect the outcome of the game. In New Zealand, we also had more to prepare for the day than Senegal, we went out and gave up. There are other concepts here, and a team like Panama will fight, and the players of this team are serious about asserting themselves and moving to a strong club. They will fight for the result to the end. "

Oleksiy Kashchuk, the national team's midfielder, also commented on the preparations for the match: “Everyone is in a fighting mood, everyone is preparing for the match and is ready to go on the football field. We look forward to the match with Panama and will try to show our best qualities. We studied the game of future rivals yesterday and today. This is an organized team that plays well in defense, the players are physically strong. "

Photo by Andrii Mayorov

Also this morning, an organizational meeting was held to determine the form in which the teams will play. The national team of Ukraine will go on the field tomorrow in a blue set, and its opponent - in red. Tomorrow's match will be staffed by the referee: the main referee - Leodan Gozalez (Uruguay), assistant referees - Richard Trinidad (Uruguay) and Martin Soppi (Uruguay), reserve referee - Daniel Siebert (Germany).

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