U-21. The youth national team of Ukraine went to the first training camp of 2023: there were forced changes in the composition

19.03.2023 17:43

Photo of UAF press service

During the March meeting, the blue-yellow team will play two test matches - against the teams of Denmark and Italy.

Today, the youth national team of Ukraine, under the guidance of coaches Vasyl Kardash and Oleksandr Melashchenko, left Kyiv for Lviv with an incomplete team. There, the team will be joined by players from Shakhtar Donetsk and local Rukh, who held the match of the national championship. Tomorrow morning, the blue-and-yellow team will once again reach Warsaw by bus, and from there they will fly to Turkey, where on March 24, their sparring match with the Danish team will take place in Belek (starting at 15.30:XNUMX p.m. Kyiv time).

After this match, the Ukrainians will fly to Italy on March 25, where a control match against the hosts is scheduled for the 27th in the city of Reggio Calabria (starting at 21.00:XNUMX Kyiv time).

It should be noted that the injured Vladyslav Vanat and Oleksandr Syrota, who fell ill, will not take part in the meeting. Anton Bol joined the team from the reserve list.

Before leaving for Poland, the players of the youth national team of Ukraine shared their emotions with the press service of the UAF.

Ruslan Nescheret

(goalkeeper of the youth national team of Ukraine)

"We are ready to work with full dedication, as we have to play sparring games with very strong opponents - Denmark and Italy. These will be very useful matches before the start of the European Championship."

Mykola Mykhaylenko

(midfielder of the youth national team of Ukraine)

"In the upcoming friendly matches with Denmark and Italy, the youth national team of Ukraine, as always, will try to show an interesting game. At the same time, we will do everything to achieve a positive result."

Konstantin Vyvcharenko

(defender of the youth national team of Ukraine)

"For the youth national team of Ukraine, the matches against Denmark and Italy are, in fact, a dress rehearsal before the start of the Euro qualifying tournament, so we will prepare for these control matches with all seriousness."

The squad of Ukraine U-XNUMX:

Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nescheret (Dynamo Kyiv), Kiril Fesyun (Kolos Kovalivka), Yakiv Kinareykin (Dnipro-1 Dnipro).

Defenders: Rostyslav Lyakh, Vitaliy Roman, Roman Didyk (all from Rukh Lviv), Maksym Talovyerov (LASK, Austria), Christian Bilovar (AEL, Cyprus), Anton Bol, Kostyantyn Vyvcharenko (both from Dynamo Kyiv), Arseniy Batagov (Zorya Luhansk), Oleksandr Drambayev (Zulte-Waregem, Belgium).

Midfielders: Ivan Zhelizko (Valmiera, Latvia), Valentyn Rubchynskyi, Oleksandr Nazarenko (both - Dnipro-1 Dnipro), Volodymyr Brazhko, Maksym Khlan (both - Zorya Luhansk), Mykola Mykhaylenko (Oleksandriya), Oleksiy Kashchuk (Sabah, Azerbaijan), Oleg Ocheretko, Dmytro Kryskiv (both - Shakhtar Donetsk), Maksim Bragaru (Chornomorets Odesa).

Forwards: Bohdan Vyunnyk (Grazer, Austria), Danylo Sikan (Shakhtar Donetsk), Mykola Kuharevych (Hibernian, Scotland).

We will remind that this year the youth national team of Ukraine will take part in the final tournament of Euro-2023 (U-21). In total, 21 teams will participate in the forum, which will take place from June 8 to July 16 in Georgia and Romania. According to the results of the draw, which had happened On October 18 of last year in Bucharest, the blue and yellow got into group B, where will meet with Romania, Spain and Croatia. The three best teams of Euro 2023 (except France and England) will book their places at the 2024 Olympic Games.