Nataliya Zinchenko: It is important we've got specifics on further European Championship qualifying matches

01.06.2020 12:20

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Updated dates of all matches in European Championship-XNUMX qualifying groups are already known. The national team of Ukraine this year has to play five games..

- It is important that the long-awaited specifics have finally appeared, - said the head coach of our players Natalia Zinchenko in a comment to the official website of the UAF. - It is worth clarifying that UEFA has returned to the calendar that was in force before the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, updating only the dates.

- The restart of qualification for your wards should take place on September 18, when they will play away against the Montenegrins. Do you already know when preparations for this confrontation will begin?

- I really hope that we will have the opportunity to hold a full-fledged collection in August, and then we will gather a week before leaving for the Balkans. However, it should be borne in mind that we have not had a game practice for a long time, in addition, on September 22 we will have a meeting at home with the Greeks, who have recently added significantly. And it is gratifying that at first we will play with the Montenegrins, who are somewhat inferior to them in the class.

- Do you often communicate with your wards?

- I try to be aware of their affairs with my assistants. The main thing is that they have no health problems.

- To better prepare for the match with the national team of Montenegro, it is important that your players have the opportunity to regain form in the calendar matches of the Ukrainian championship ... 

- So far, the date of the championship restart has not been determined. As far as I know, according to the sanitary-epidemiological and medical recommendations of the UAF, only the football players of Voskhod, Zhytlobud-1 and Panther returned to the training process in full last week and passed the necessary tests. That is why it is still difficult to say when the championship will resume and how many teams will take part in it.