Oleg Shaitanov: "Friendly matches against the Polish team are expected for the women's national team of Ukraine in June"

The head coach of the Ukrainian women's futsal team Oleh Shaitanov spoke about the team's preparations for the matches of the main qualifying round of Euro-2022.

In May, the mentor of the blue-yellows announced participation of our girls in the tournament in Croatia. However, the plans of the women's futsal team have changed - in June it will hold two sparring matches with Poland. Oleg Shaitanov told about it in comments for the press service of the Futsal Association of Ukraine.

Olezhe Mykolayovych, May 23-28, women's national team of Ukraine conducted NTZ in Brovary. What was his program?

The collection took place in late May. By this time, the 2020/2021 season is over. For some earlier, for some - a little later. The girls were tired both physically and emotionally. Therefore, we did not aim to improve the functional capabilities of the body. There were a lot of passes, tactical squares and exercises at this meeting. We also set aside two classes for intra-team control matches.

You have invited 18 performers to this gathering. To what extent was this number justified?

Yes, there were quite a few of us. However, in the first theoretical lesson, I asked the girls to treat so many people in training with understanding. He warned that in such circumstances the intensity decreases, but also noted that they were as collected and organized as possible. Given that this meeting was more focused on technical and tactical training, we did not have any problems with the number of people.

Tell us more about team sparring. How satisfied are you with them?

- Two trainings included control matches between them. In the first lesson, the girls were divided into three teams, and in the second - into two. In terms of attitude and desire, the teams held these fights with maximum dedication. Personally, the second match brought me more positive emotions. However, there is video of the first meeting, which I liked less. It needs to be analyzed in more detail.

Recently determined the third opponent in our group of the main selection round of Euro-2022. He became the national team of Belgium. What can you say about the qualifying round in the group of our opponents, which consisted of one match?

- Of course, I followed the course of events. The Belgians defeated Gibraltar only in a penalty shootout. As of today, the Belgian national team is not a top team in European women's futsal, but given the relatively high ratings of the national team in women's football (18th place in the world and 11th - in European), we understand that the country has players of high class. It is unknown at this time in what lineup this team will come to Ukraine for the main round matches. We will follow it in the future.

What are the future plans to prepare for the main qualifying round of the European Championship?

- Friendly matches against Poland are expected for the women's national team of Ukraine in June. They will take place in Uzhhorod, preceded by a small NTZ. The next training camp and two control matches are scheduled for August.

A question about Yulia Titova, who is spending this season as a football player. Will her fans see her in the national team in the near future?

- Yulia will not be in the application for the match against Poland. However, we are counting on it in the future.

Futsal Euro-2022 qualification teams for women

The main round

Group 1: Russia, Hungary, Belarus *, Group B winner (Netherlands, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova).

Group 2: Portugal, Croatia *, Poland, Slovenia.

Group 3: Ukraine*, Finland, Czech Republic, Belgium.

Group 4: Spain, Italy, Sweden *, Slovakia.

The four group winners will reach the final stage of Euro-2022.

* - hosts of mini-tournaments.

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