Oleksandr Kosenko: "The beginning of the selection in this group was important, so it's good that we won"
Oleksandr Kosenko, head coach of the Ukrainian futsal team, commented on the victory over Belgium (10:2) at the start of the elite round of World Cup 2024 qualification. The words of the mentor of the blue-yellows lead the Futsal Association of Ukraine press-service reports,.
"Emotions are really positive. The newcomers showed themselves in a good way, played with enthusiasm, scored goals, so I think that this game will go to their advantage. The start of selection in this group was important, so it's good that they won. And you don't need to relax, you need to keep preparing.
We played two roughly equal halves. Belgium are a good team, so the fact that they conceded a lot is a credit to our players. But when the Belgians are "on the ball", they combine well, which is what we were preparing for. They play very well going forward, but in defense they really have problems, and it's good that we took advantage of those problems. But when I tipped in the second half, I did it because I didn't want the boys to relax. The whole cycle is still ahead, and it is unclear how events will develop. Therefore, it was necessary to play until the end.
Overall, I'm happy with the game, but there are always bugs, there's always work to be done. You can't be XNUMX percent satisfied, so we'll watch and try to correct the mistakes we made.
Now we will review the match between Serbia and Poland and only then will we make a decision on tactics for the next game," Oleksandr Kosenko said.
We will remind that in the next match of group B, the blue-yellow team will host Poland in the Hungarian city of Beretjouifal. The match will take place on September 20 (starting at 19.00 Kyiv time).
WC-2024. European qualification. Elite round. Group B
15.09.2023
Belgium - Ukraine - 2: 10
Poland — Serbia — 1:2
Standings
|
|
G |
W |
D |
L |
GD |
P |
|
1. Ukraine |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
10-2 |
3 |
|
2. Serbia |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2-1 |
3 |
|
3. Poland |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1-2 |
0 |
|
4. Belgium |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2-10 |
0 |
20.09.2023
Serbia - Belgium
Ukraine - Poland
06.10.2023
Poland — Belgium
Serbia - Ukraine
11.10.2023
Ukraine - Serbia
Belgium — Poland
15.12.2023
Ukraine - Belgium
Serbia — Poland
20.12.2023
Belgium — Serbia
Poland - Ukraine
Futsal World Cup 2024. Elite round of selection in the UEFA zone
Group A: Kazakhstan, Romania, Azerbaijan, the Netherlands.
Group B: Ukraine, Poland, Serbia, Belgium.
Group C: Croatia, Slovakia, France, Germany.
Group D: Spain, Italy, Slovenia, Czech Republic.
Group E: Portugal, Georgia, Armenia, Finland.
WC-2024. European qualification
Elite round
Matches: September 11-20, October 2-11, December 11-20, 2023.
The 20 national teams are divided into five groups of four teams each, matches will be held at home and away. Five group winners will go to the 2024 WC. The four best runners-up will advance to the elite round playoffs.
Elite round playoffs
Draw: January 25, 2024
Matches: April 8-17, 2024.
Four teams will be divided into two pairs, matches will be played at home and away. The winners of the pairs will go to the 2024 World Cup.
World Cup to be held in Uzbekistan from September 14 to October 6, 2024.
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