Sergiy Nagornyak: "In Turkey we will have the opportunity to review candidates for the national team in combat"

14.01.2020 16:12

Photo by Pavlo Kubanov

Head coach of the U-16 U-XNUMX national team Sergey Nagornyak called the closest collection of blue and yellow selection.

The youth national team of Ukraine (football players not older than 2004) is preparing for the start on Aegean Cup International Tournament, which will be held from 15 to 21 January in Turkey. Serhiy Nagornyak, the team leader, told about the latest news from the blue-yellow camp.

- Serhiy Mykolayovych, compared to the last training camp, the composition of your team has changed significantly ...

- To a greater extent, I would call this stage of preparation selective. We want to see as many candidates for the team as possible. We know Shakhtar and Dynamo well. The only representative of the miners, Denis Pochapsky, was called up to the national team when he was a free agent. This is another, but perhaps the last, chance for many players this year.

- Will there be fewer experiments this year?

"Of course." Now for four matches there will be a great chance to look at the candidates for the national team in combat. Moreover, the called players were warned about future plans for the month. Therefore, who will confirm their right to a place under the sun, again, depends only on the guys themselves. Only the strongest performers will be challenged for the next training camp, which will take place at the end of March.

- Will you play from the letter now or do you already have any idea about future rivals in the tournament?

- We will tell and show the guys general information about the opponents, but for me the main thing is to see the actions of my wards. Thanks to the leadership of UAF, we have the opportunity to train in decent conditions in Turkey for a few days. I believe that during this time we will be able to approach the tournament in combat readiness.