News from the camp of the national team of Ukraine: Danylo Ignatenko was called up to the national team

03.06.2022 23:30

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On Friday, the blue and yellows held an evening training session. As the day before, it took place on the lawn of the House of Sports of Cardiff City Football Club.

Bringing the team to the main part of the game session, physical training coach Vyacheslav Ruzhentsev suggested exercises during which the players had to pass as quickly as possible in a small space.

After that, the team moved on to the most important thing - working out the tactical model chosen by the coaching staff for the match against Wales. All 22 field players and four goalkeepers present in the national team's camp took part in the game series.

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And in the evening there was one more performer in the national team. After returning from training the boys in the lobby of the hotel St. David`s was waiting for Danilo Ignatenko, who received his career debut in the national team and had just arrived from the resort. The coach of the blue and yellows Oleksandr Petrakov called up the player of the French "Bordeaux", who proved himself well in the French championship and just got a British visa. Of course, it will not be easy for 25-year-old Ignatenko to immediately qualify for the World Cup playoffs, but in addition to the game against Wales, the Ukrainians have three more League of Nations matches in June, so a chance to prove themselves and fight for a place. will be part of Daniel. By the way, the collections greeted the newcomer very warmly - with friendly hugs and words of support.

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Tomorrow, on the eve of the decisive match, the national team will hold an official training session on the field of Cardiff City Stadium, where the game will take place on June 5.

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Training starts at 17.00 local time (19.00 Kyiv time). Half an hour before that, the head coach of the national team of Ukraine Oleksandr Petrakov and the player Oleksandr Karavayev will talk to the media in the conference hall of the arena. Ukrainian journalists who are unable to come to Wales will be able to ask their questions in Zoom conference mode (links can be found on the UAF media channel).

Oleksandr Hlyvynskyi, spokesman for the national team of Ukraine

List of players of the national team of Ukraine

Goalkeepers: Georgiy Bushchan (Dynamo Kyiv), Andriy Pyatov (Shakhtar Donetsk), Dmytro Riznyk (Vorskla Poltava), Andriy Lunin (Real Madrid, Spain).

Defenders: Oleksandr Karavaev, Illia Zabarnyi, Oleksandr Syrota, Denys Popov (all - Dynamo Kyiv), Mykola Matvienko, Valeriy Bondar (both Shakhtar Donetsk), Vitalii Mykolenko (Everton, England), Eduard Sobol (Club Brugge, Belgium), Taras Kacharaba (Slavia, Czech Republic).

Midfielders: Taras Stepanenko, Mykhailo Mudryk (both Shakhtar Donetsk), Serhiy Sydorchuk, Viktor Tsygankov, Mykola Shaparenko (all Dynamo Kyiv), Oleksandr Pihalyonok (Dnipro-1), Andriy Yarmolenko (West Ham), England), Alexander Zinchenko (Manchester City, England), Ruslan Malinovsky (Atalanta, Italy), Alexander Zubkov (Ferencvaros, Hungary), Danilo Ignatenko (Bordeaux, France).

Forwards: Artem Dovbyk (SC Dnipro-1), Roman Yaremchuk (Benfica, Portugal), Danylo Sikan (Hansa, Germany).