Oleg Kuznetsov: “I got all the information I need in Turkey”

10.02.2020 14:00

Photo by Andrii Mayorov

The coach of the U-19 youth team of Ukraine Oleg Kuznetsov talked with the club coaches of the candidates to his team.

From February 1 to 6, the head coach of the youth national team of Ukraine (players not older than 2001) Oleg Kuznetsov was in Turkey, with their own eyes watching the candidates in their team who are meeting in clubs. The mentor told the UAF official site about the results of this trip.

- Thank you to the leadership of the association, - said Oleg Vladimirovich, - the trip was useful. The guys and I haven't seen each other since November last year, but considering that our next gathering will start just before the start the elite round of Euro 2020, we had to see what the players look like. Unfortunately, we can not avoid some personnel losses. Due to an injury, Mykola Mykhaylenko will definitely not play in the elite round, and Danylo Hondak, who was injured, will also be questioned.

- Did you receive information from the club coaches?

- Yes, we talked. The coaches recommended us some players born in 2002 who can compete, so let's pay attention to them. Although the priority, of course, those players who have qualifying tournament earned a ticket to the Euro elite round.

- How many matches did you watch live?

- In the pauses between sparring matches I managed to see the matches of the main teams of Dynamo and Shakhtar. In total, I probably watched about 15 matches. But the main thing is that I got all the information I needed about the candidates for the national team.