Anatoly Buznik: "At the Universiade in Naples we set ourselves the maximum task"

On June 30, the Ukrainian national football team heads to the Italian Naples, where the next World Universiade will be held.

This will be the fourth student forum for the head coach of Anatoly Buznik's team. On the first of these, in 2001 in China, his wards won silver medals.

- I remembered that Universiade in Beijing for a long time, - Anatoly Buznik told. - And not only because as a result I was awarded the honorary title of Honored Coach of Ukraine. Then a really good line-up was really chosen. It is not surprising that later the leading performers - Yevhen Bredun, Serhiy Klyuchyk, Oleksandr Kozachenko, Oleksiy Telyatnikov, Myroslav Bundash - loudly declared themselves in the elite division of domestic football.

- And who, in your opinion, will claim the role of leader in the current national team?

- I really hope that all my wards in Naples will show their best. Both they and the team will benefit from this. It is no secret that the decisive matches of student teams are attended by scouts of famous clubs. Draw conclusions ...

- I remember, earlier you repeatedly complained that the management of the Ukrainian teams of masters doesn't like to release the players to a student's national team ...

- You know, now I have reconsidered my position a bit. For me, the main thing is the desire of the footballer himself to defend the sporting honor of the country on the international arena. In my opinion, today there are players in the national team who will not let you down in a difficult moment. This is extremely important.

- Then clarify which of the players you were counting on did not appear in the team's location?

- I wanted to see Vasyl Kurk from Volyn in the national team, who, by the way, took part in the previous Universiade - two years ago in Taipei. However, Lucanin, apparently, doubted the feasibility of his trip to the competition in Italy, and his services had to be abandoned.

- Nevertheless, this time you had pleasant problems, because almost before the departure of 20 players applied for 26 places in the application. By the way, why did the striker of the first league "Minaya" Anatoliy Nuriev appear in the training camp at the Olympic base in Koncha Zaspa only before the third sparring, with "Obolon-Brovar"?

- The Transcarpathian was in the main cage, I was seriously counting on him, but in mid-June in "Minai" there were changes on the coaching bridge, and the consent of a new mentor - Vasily Kobin was needed. When he decided on his position on Nuriev, Anatoly immediately went to Kyiv.

The student team of Ukraine won all four of the June sparring matches. Photo by vfas.org.ua

- The student team of Ukraine pleasantly surprised specialists and fans with its bright game in winning sparring matches with the teams of masters ("Desna", "Obolon-Brovar", "Chaika"). Did you expect such dexterity from your wards?

- This is the result of quality work at the training camp, successful selection. Taking this opportunity, I would like to thank the President of the All-Ukrainian Football Association of Students Ivan Krulko, who recently provided us with proper conditions during the preparation stages, took care of participation in international tournaments. Now the main thing is to demonstrate everything we can at the Universiade in Italy. By the way, Stepan Yurchyshyn and Oleksiy Yatsenko will help me in Naples.

- What information do you have about the rivals in the group tournament - Italians and Mexicans?

- Frankly, no, because student teams are characterized by constant rotation of staff. In particular, in our national team only Lviv resident Taras Zaviyskyi took part in the previous Universiade in Taipei, others - newcomers. However, my advantage is that by the will of the calendar, the hosts and Mexicans are the first to enter the battle. On July 3, I will definitely attend their match and hopefully learn about the strengths and vulnerabilities of our competitors. Let me remind you that the best two teams from each group advance to the next round.

- What tasks did the VFAS leadership set for the national team?

- We will learn about this just before the start of the tournament. For our part, we set the wards to achieve the maximum result. 

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