Euro-2022. Today the women's national team of Ukraine will play against the team of Greece (live - on the YouTube channel UAF)

22.09.2020 13:00

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Today, Natalia Zinchenko's wards will hold another Euro 2022 qualifying match, in which they will host the Greek team (starting at 19.00). You can watch the live broadcast of the match at YouTube channels of the Ukrainian Football Association.

After leaving victory over Montenegro Ukrainians returned home, where today they will receive a neighbor on the standings - Greeks. On the eve of the game, the blue and yellows trained at Kyiv's Obolon Arena, where the match will take place.

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"We are adjusting to this game, we approach it with a good mood, we believe that we will show ourselves in a better way. We talked a bit about the Greek team, analyzed its strengths and weaknesses. I think the girls took this into account, and during the match we will use what the coaches advised us, "said Zhytlobud-1 midfielder Anna Petryk on the eve of the match.

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"We disassembled the opponent. We have already met Greece in the qualifying round. Compared to the selection for Euro 2017, our opponent added. The Greeks have strengthened physically, tactically and technically, this is a good team. There will be a lot of struggle in the match with her. Whoever wins it will win, ”said Zhytlobud-2 goalkeeper Kateryna Samson.

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It should be noted that earlier the women's national team of Ukraine played four matches against Greece in qualifying tournaments. The Blue and Yellows won all matches with a total score of 14: 2.

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).

Group I standings

Matches remaining in the Euro-2022 qualifiers in the group I

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.