Vitaliy Odegov: “The Spaniards could have got in our way anyway. If not in the group, then in the playoffs »

08.06.2019 16:05

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The head coach of the youth team of Ukraine in futsal Vitaliy Odegov commented the results draw of the final part of Euro-2019 (U-19), which will be held in Riga on September 8-14.

Recall that the blue and yellow were in Group B, where their rivals will be the national teams of Croatia, Spain and the Netherlands.

"There are no weak opponents in the final part," said Vitaly Odegov. - Portugal, Spain, Russia and Ukraine are the four strongest teams in the UEFA rankings represented in this tournament, and they got into different groups. So the struggle will be intense and uncompromising. I can't call the draw successful or unsuccessful. There are not many teams, so there were some opinions about each of the six possible opponents.

In August, we plan to play against the Spaniards at a tournament in France. We will have another control match with this team before the match in Latvia. I think it will be interesting for both us and them. In any case, this opponent could happen to us, if not in the group round, then at some other stage.

In general, the task remains the same. First of all, the team is set to leave the group. "