Preparation of the Ukrainian national football team for the matches of the elite round of the World Cup 2020 is underway

30.01.2020 15:02

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Ukraine's futsal team is preparing for a trip to Serbia, where it will hold three matches of the elite round of World Cup selection.

On Monday, January 27 the team gathered in Brovary, where the preparatory gathering began. As her head coach Oleksandr Kosenko has noted, there is a change in the part was not - all the guys came to the location.

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On Monday, the blue and yellows held one training session, and the next two days worked in the mode of two classes.

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On Wednesday evening, the team played a control match against Kyiv's HIT, in which they lost 3: 4. By the way, the national team includes representatives of this club - Serhiy Zhurba, Oleksandr Pedyash and Yevhen Ivanyak. 

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On Thursday, the next trainings are waiting for the teams. Departure to Belgrade is scheduled for Friday, January 31. From the capital of Serbia, the team will go directly to Nis, where Elite round matches will take place on February 1-4. Recall that, as a result of the draw Ukrainians are in Group B, where they will meet with teams from Spain, Serbia and France.

Futsal World Cup 2020. Elite round selection. European area

Group B

1 round

01.02.2020 17.30 Serbia - Ukraine

01.02.2020 21.30 Spain - France

2 round

02.02.2020 17.30 Serbia - France

02.02.2020 21.30     Ukraine - Spain

3 round

04.02.2020 17.30     Ukraine - France

04.02.2020 21.30 Spain - Serbia

The winners of each of the four elite round groups will go directly to the World Cup. Teams that will take second place in the groups will go to the playoffs, which will play two more tours of the mundial. Butt matches are scheduled for April 9th ​​and April 12th.