Euro-2022. Today, the women's national team of Ukraine will play a decisive match of the group round of selection against the team of Montenegro

01.12.2020 12:00

Photo by Pavlo Kubanov

Today Natalia Zinchenko's wards will hold the last match of the group round of selection of Euro-2022, in which will host the Montenegrin team (the beginning of the duel - Fr. 19.00). A live broadcast of the match is planned on the UAF YouTube channel.

Victories over Ireland (1:0) and Greece (4:0) allowed the blue and yellows to claim second place in the group. To continue the fight for Euro 2022, the blue-and-yellows must beat the Montenegrin in the last match of the group tournament 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 main thing for me now is to prepare the wards so that they approach the match with the Balkans in full force and win. And only then will we find out how the events unfolded in the confrontation between the national teams of Ireland and Germany. However, it should be noted that the Germans are clear favorites, they are one of the strongest in the world, and I hope that, even if they are not in the fighting force, they will still not allow a sensation to happen. " said on the eve of the head coach of Ukrainian Natalia Zinchenko.

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Gathering of the team, which includes 22 football players entered, began on November 23 in Kyiv. On the eve of the match with Montenegro, the blue and yellows trained at the STC. Victor Bannikov.

Natalia Zinchenko's wards will play their final match of the group qualification round of Euro-2022 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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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).

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.