Volodymyr Yezersky: “The collection turned out to be very useful in terms of selection”

Volodymyr Yezerskyi, the head coach of the U-18 youth national team of Ukraine, is glad that his coaching staff managed to see in the case of many new players.

Results of the Ukrainian National Team (players not older than 2002), who defeated Armenia in two friendly games (5:1 і 1:0), summed up the team leader Volodymyr Yezersky.

- Vladimir Ivanovich, did you and your wards manage to do everything planned?

- First of all, I would like to thank the UAF leadership, which provided good working conditions. The opponent would like to see a stronger team, but this is how things turned out. For various reasons, we were unable to gather all the strongest players born in 2002. However, there was a positive moment, as we invited eight players who were not yet in this team. We are once again convinced that there are no irreplaceables. I'm glad I managed to look at the guys I wouldn't have paid attention to before.

- After a convincing victory (5: 1) the second match against the Armenians seemed much more intense. The opponent was pressed only closer to the end of the game ...

- Defeat in a home match with such a big score forced the hosts to be more motivated in the second sparring. Moreover, the match, which took place on the basis of the national teams of Armenia, was attended by players of national and youth teams. And our players, on the contrary, were not as active as in the first match. But I am grateful to the team for their character. We finished the match in the minority (first Abdullayev was removed, and then Gulko was injured), but we achieved a positive result.

- Will the next gathering of this team take place in 2020?

- So. The previous plans are to play in the tournament in Turkey in March. But I would very much like to play in the Slovak Cup in the strongest lineup in the spring. It would be nice to check the team in this tournament, participation in which was confirmed by such national teams as England, Spain, Croatia, the Czech Republic ...

In general, it is necessary to sit down at the negotiating table with clubs, it is necessary to change something radically in the issue of calling players to the national team of Ukraine. I want to reach an understanding. After all, it is in such matches as for the national team that players gain such invaluable international experience that helps them grow faster in clubs.

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