The women's national team of Ukraine is preparing for the decisive match of the group stage of the Euro-2022 selection (video)

26.11.2020 18:02

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On the eve of the match with Montenegro, Natalia Zinchenko's wards are holding training at NTK them. Victor Bannikov.

Gathering of the team, which includes 22 football players entered, began on November 23 in Kyiv. The final match of the group qualification round of Euro-2022, against Montenegro, wards Natalia Zinchenko will be held on December 1 in Kiev at Obolon Arena (beginning - at 19.00 Kyiv time). The match will take place without spectators.

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Only one point separates our team from the second place in the group. To continue the fight for Euro 2022, the blue and yellows in the last match of the group tournament must beat the Montenegrin and hope that the Irish will not beat the Germans. In case of a draw in Kyiv, we will be satisfied only with the defeat of competitors.

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"The mood will be extremely combative, because we have come a long way, we have won such important matches. There is no place to retreat - we just need a victory.

Let's start studying Montenegro today. We know that this is a fighting team that does not stop for all 90 minutes. I think that the rivals will not relax and will not let us do it. There will be a good fight, "Zhytlobud-1 goalkeeper Iryna Sanina thinks.

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According to noted the day before, the team's head coach Natalia Zinchenko, on November 24, the blue and yellows received the results of the last scheduled test before the performance on the international arena. All football players are healthy.

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"I was waiting for my recovery, because I can't imagine life without football, so these 12 days were difficult for me. I return with a fighting spirit, I strive to win every match. I feel great, I can say that I have fully recovered physically, functionally and ready to fight.

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Montenegro is a good focused team. We know a lot about her, we have already played against this opponent. We are only set up to win. Let's go out on the field in a fighting mood. The main thing for us is to fulfill our own task, and then we will see what will happen, ”said Zhytlobud-2 midfielder Veronika Andrukhiv.

The squad of the national women's team of Ukraine

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

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

Midfielders: Olga Ovdiychuk, Daria Apanashchenko, Anna Petryk (all - Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv), Tamila Khimich (Minsk, Belarus), Iya Andrushchak, Yana Kalinina, Veronika Andrukhiv (all - Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv), Victoria Girin (Ladomir Volodymyr-Volynskyi).

Forwards: Nadiya Kunina, Anna Voronina (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.

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.