Ruslan Rotan: In the expanded list of the Ukraine U-60 team about XNUMX surnames

The head coach of the U-21 national team of Ukraine Ruslan Rotan told about the trip to Turkey and the latest news of the team.

For almost three weeks, the head coach of the youth national team of Ukraine Ruslan Rotan was in Turkey, where he and his assistants reviewed candidates for the team and took a training course for a PRO-diploma.

"I confess, I haven't had such a long meeting in a long time," Rotan said. - In the last years of our playing career, we trained for no more than two weeks, then went home for a couple of days and returned to work. And here - 18 days in a row ... On the one hand, it's a lot, but on the other - they flew by like a moment. The trip turned out to be eventful and very useful. Therefore, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the leaders of the Ukrainian Football Association for the opportunity to be at the epicenter of training of almost all the best young talents in the country.

- In Antalya, you worked in close contact with the coaching staff of the national team, in particular, with its new specialist Luigi Nocentini. How was the exchange of information with the analyst who will oversee your team?

- We met this coach for the first time before the flight to Turkey and discussed many nuances. The arrival of such a specialist will be a good help in our work. He has the same vision of football as the coaching staff of the national team, with which we are constantly in touch. Just now Luigi will get acquainted with the capabilities of young performers. We are already trying not to miss a single talent with the prospect of getting to the first team, and now this process will be established at an even higher level.

- Coaches of youth teams also flew to the training camp. How is communication with them?

- All is well. We spoke closely with Volodymyr Yezersky, Serhiy Nagornyak and Oleksandr Petrakov. All together they visited Italian specialists from Andriy Shevchenko's headquarters. In the last qualifying round, a lot of boys born in 2001 and 2002 were called up to the "youth", but we always found a common language about football players with coaches of these age groups.

The priority for all of us is the national team. The call of players to this team is never discussed, and especially not denied. I always tell the guys: "Show yourself, and my assistants and I will take you to the main team of the country, if you are called there." In everything else we always have a reasonable dialogue. For example, when in the fall of 2019 Oleg Kuznetsov told me the names of the players he needed to play in the qualifying round of the European Championship (U-19), we did not keep the guys in the youth team. We have approximately the same communication with Volodymyr Yezersky. In March, we will most likely hold control matches, and his team - official. Therefore, all the boys of 2002 and younger who will be needed by this coach will go to the official matches with the U-19 team again. It is important that there is a choice and there is someone to share.

- Let's share our impressions of the current state of candidates for the team. Did the guys live up to your expectations?

- In general - yes. Most importantly, they had a chance to prove themselves. 82 Ukrainian youth football players took part in the training and sparring of UPL teams. Some of these guys are already key players in their clubs, and we see a lot of progress in that compared to previous years. Yes, in many respects such trust of youth is connected with the general level of the current championship of Ukraine - clubs not as before, are spent on invitation of legionnaires. Today we have more players from the UPL than two years ago at the same stage of formation of the "youth". And much more than, for example, 10 years ago, when up to 70% of doubles players were called up to the youth team.

- So, does your team have good prospects?

- We have always been good, but everything is recognizable by comparison. In the same Denmark and Romania, which we lost a ticket to Euro 2021, there are even more young people who play steadily in the teams of higher divisions. Units from youth groups come there. The situation is about the same in the national team of Serbia, with which we will have to start in the next qualifying tournament. I'm not even talking about the French - the players of this team do not just play for the clubs of the elite divisions of England and France, but fight with them for the highest places.

- Have you discovered new names in Turkey?

- We can say that yes. Several new guys have been added to our expanded list, which currently includes about 60 last names.

- Did you watch the draw of the new qualifying tournament live?

- So. We were in Turkey and watched it with our assistants.

- When it was your group's turn, there were two teams left in the first basket - France and Denmark. Upset that you did not have the opportunity to get even with their offenders?

- Yes, no, a normal draw. Against the background of strong teams, it will be easier to develop our game, and we still have a lot of work to do. Of course, the French are an elite opponent. Suffice it to say that in the last 12 matches they have won 11 victories. In March, France will start its performances at the current European Youth Championship, and we will get acquainted with the principles of its game.

I was more upset not so much by the lot as by the calendar of games. More precisely, its discussion. Our managers negotiated with representatives of all teams for more than four hours, found common ground with France and Serbia on the terms that suited me in general, but at the last minute the Armenians stated that they did not agree with anything or anyone. Of course, this is their right, so we had to determine the calendar by drawing lots…

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