Ukraine's women's national team in Kyiv prepares for Euro 2022 qualifiers against Montenegro and Greece

15.09.2020 18:01

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On Monday, September 14, Natalia Zinchenko's wards began preparations for the European Championship qualifiers.

Blue and yellow train at the STC. V. Bannikov, and the Euro-2022 qualifiers will be played against Montenegro away (September 18) and against Greece at Kyiv's Obolon Arena (September 22). The players agreed that they have been waiting for the national team match for a long time and are ready to win.

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"It's a long-awaited collection. Everyone arrived at the team's location in a good mood. We will watch the games of Montenegro and Greece. I didn't have to face these rivals before, but I will say that now there are no weaker or stronger teams, so we will prepare. We are setting up only for victory, "said Zhytlobud-2 defender Anastasia Filenko.

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"We are very happy to get together in a team, because we haven't seen each other for a long time. Everyone is ready for the result, only for victory. This was immediately noticeable after the first workout. We had a short break between the championships, we were preparing both physically and tactically. Despite the fact that we played only three rounds, it is noticeable that all the girls are well prepared functionally, "- said the defender of" Zhytlobud-1 "Olga Basanska.

The squad of the women's national team of Ukraine

Goalkeepers: Iryna Sanina (Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv), Kateryna Samson, Daryna Bondarchuk (both Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv).

Defenders: Natia Pantsulaya (ALG Spor, Turkey), Daria Kravets (Reims, France), Olga Basanska (Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv), Iryna Podolska, Kateryna Korsun, Anastasia Filenko (all - Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv) , Lyubov Shmatko (Minsk, Belarus).

Midfielders: Olha Ovdiichuk, Dariya Apanashchenko, Anna Petryk (all - Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv), Tamila Khimich (Minsk, Belarus), Iya Andrushchak, Yana Malakhova, Yana Kalinina, Veronika Andrukhiv (all - Zhytlobud-2) Kharkiv).

Forwards: Nadiya Kunina, Olga Boychenko (both Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv), Nicole Kozlova (Virginia Tech, USA), Roksolana Kravchuk (Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv).

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Group I standings

Matches remaining in the Euro-2022 qualification in Group I.

18.09.2020/XNUMX/XNUMX Montenegro - Ukraine

19.09.2020/XNUMX/XNUMX Germany - Ireland

22.09.2020         Ukraine - Greece

22.09.2020/XNUMX/XNUMX Montenegro - Germany

22.10.2020/XNUMX/XNUMX Greece - Montenegro

23.10.2020         Ukraine - Ireland

27.10.2020/XNUMX/XNUMX Greece - Ukraine

28.11.2020/XNUMX/XNUMX Germany - Greece

01.12.2020         Ukraine - Montenegro

01.12.2020/XNUMX/XNUMX Ireland - Germany

Of the 47 teams participating in the Euro qualifiers, 15 will reach the decisive stage. Nine winners of the selected groups and the top three second teams will join England as the host of the European Championship. Six more second-placed teams in their groups will play in the last three matches in playoffs. These matches will take place on April 5-13, 2021.

It will be recalled that on April 23, the UEFA Executive Committee decided on postponement of the final part of the European Championship among the national women's national teams. Thus, the Euro in England will be held from 6 to 31 July 2022.

The change of the dates of the tournament is connected with the postponement of the European Men's Championship and the Olympics due to the coronavirus pandemic from 2020 to 2021. Due to this, the dates of the tournaments will not coincide.