News from the national team camp: a walk, training at Raiko Mitic Stadium and a story from Mauro Tassotti

This morning, the blue and yellows took a traditional half-hour walk near the hotel. The team is located in that part of Belgrade, which is called the "new city": here luxury hotels and office centers alternate with the typical high-rise buildings of the socialist camp.

But the main thing in the promenade is fresh air and good weather, and it is in the Serbian capital as for mid-November, great - 20 degrees.

Photo by Pavlo Kubanov

Immediately after the walk, the players went to a theoretical lesson. After analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the opponents, the blue-and-yellows worked out the options offered by the coaching staff during the official training at the Raiko Mitic Stadium. A characteristic feature of this arena is a very long tunnel leading from the locker room to the field. This passage, similar to a military bunker, is called a "death tunnel" by fans of Belgrade's Red Stars, for which it is a home arena.

Photo by Pavlo Kubanov

All 25 players took part in the official training of the national team of Ukraine, of which Andriy Shevchenko will select 23 by the end of the day to apply for the match.

An interesting story about the game at Marakana, as Serbian fans call the Raiko Mitic Stadium, was told by the coach of the Ukrainian national team Mauro Tassotti. 31 years ago, in 1988, Mauro played for Milan as part of his first international away match - as part of the 1/8 finals of the Champions Cup. The return match against "Red Stars" was stopped with a score of 1: 0 in favor of the hosts due to the fog. The replay of the second half was scheduled for the next day. The game ended in a draw - 1: 1, and in a series of post-match penalties, "Milan" won and advanced to the next round. Andriy Shevchenko has never played in the Belgrade arena, but he considers Tassotti's winning experience a good sign…

The final preparations and development of tactical schemes bring the team as close as possible to tomorrow's match, which will start unusually early - at 16:XNUMX Kyiv time.

Tomorrow the team will have a joint breakfast / lunch and early departure for the match - at 14.15 in Kyiv.

Photo by Pavlo Kubanov

And then - a difficult test in the away match against the Serbs. However, the blue and yellows always try to play their best and give positive emotions to their fans. And even if there are very few of them at the stadium (56 members of the official delegation), the boys will feel in their hearts the multimillion-strong army of fans who support Ukraine not only in their homeland, but all over the world.

Oleksandr Hlyvynskyi, spokesman for the national team of Ukraine

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