Alexander Cheferrin: “There is a wonderful lobbyist in the UEFA Executive Committee in Ukraine. This is a very strong representative! ”
On September 5, UEFA President Alexander Cheferin hosted a working meeting with national football legends, the leadership of the Ukrainian Football Association, led by its president, UEFA Executive Committee member Andriy Pavelko, and NOC of Ukraine President Serhiy Bubka.
The meeting was also attended by the winner of the Golden Ball -1975, co-chairman of the Council for Strategic Development of Professional Football UAF Oleg Blokhin, head coach of the national team of Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko, coach of the Ukrainian U-20 team, which became world champion in Poland, Alexander Petrakov, coach of the national team of Ukraine among veterans Anatoliy Demyanenko, first vice-president of UAF Vadym Kostyuchenko, first vice-president of UAF Oleh Protasov, general secretary of UAF Yuriy Zapisotsky.
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The participants of the meeting discussed a number of issues that, as Andriy Pavelko noted, will have a serious impact on the football future of Ukraine. In particular, these are the prospects of holding the U-17 or U-20 World Cup in our country, a match for the UEFA Super Cup or the Europa League final, the organization of one of the upcoming UEFA Congresses in Kyiv, as well as the construction of the first base in Ukraine's history. national teams.
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The UEFA President once again expressed his support for UAF, praised the development of football infrastructure in our country, noted the initiative of UAF and the readiness of the Association's management to share their experience and ideas with colleagues from other countries. In particular, according to Alexander Cheferin, the UAF initiative to organize a continental championship among the legends of European football will be the subject of discussion at UEFA in the near future.
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"I am extremely pleased to be in Ukraine now - and not only because you are a current UEFA member with whom we work, and your U-20 team is the current world champion," said Alexander Cheferin. - It is a great honor for me to meet the legends of Ukrainian football and Olympic legend Serhiy Bubka. Thank you very much for the invitation, it is always a great pleasure to come here. "
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Speaking about the prospects of holding a match for the UEFA Super Cup or the UEFA Europa League final in Ukraine, Alexander Cheferin said: “UEFA has a practice according to which the best bid wins. If you build the infrastructure, you will have the opportunity to hold tournaments of great importance. Your work on the development of sports infrastructure and the development of grassroots football has achieved some success. But no less important is the fact that Ukraine has a great lobbyist in the UEFA Executive Committee - Andriy Pavelko. This is a very strong representative! ”
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