Oleksandr Kosenko: "It was a very useful game, and we looked pretty good at times"

15.04.2024 20:14

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Oleksandr Kosenko, head coach of the Ukrainian futsal team, commented on the defeat in the match against Brazil at the international tournament in Lithuania.

Today, April 15, the blue-yellow team continued their performance at the international tournament in Lithuania with a match against the Brazilians (2:7). The post-match comment of the head coach of the Ukrainian national team Oleksandr Kosenko is telling the Futsal Association of Ukraine press-service reports.:

- I wouldn't say that we spent two different halves. It's just that the Brazilians immediately punished our mistakes. Three mistakes. Immediately punished. Skill is high — individual, team. They press well. I think it was a very good game and we had some pretty good looks at times. The most important thing is to analyze and prepare further. And yes, I think that it is better to play such a game. At times we showed ourselves very well, so we are moving on.

What impressed you in this match? The fact that the boys played with desire. Sometimes they combined quite well, somewhere at the end there was not enough implementation. If they had scored with the score tied... There were moments... When one or two goals were conceded, there were moments. And there were very good moments in the first half. They just didn't score. But I liked the fact that even with a score of 0:5, we did not give up. We continued to play because it's a friendly and we wanted to win the second half so that it went in our favor. I think we succeeded, despite the score, I'm happy with the way we played today.

International tournament of futsal teams

13.04.2024

Lithuania - Ukraine - 2: 5

Brazil - France - 2:3

15.04.2024

Ukraine - Brazil - 2:7

France - Lithuania - 5:0

Standings

16.04.2024

Ukraine — France (17:00)

Lithuania — Brazil (19:30)

The kick off is Kyiv time.

We will remind you that the Ukrainian futsal team is preparing for the final tournament of the World Cup, which will be held in Uzbekistan from September 14 to October 6. Our team issued a license in December of last year after the victory over Poland (5:3) in the elite round of qualification. Oleksandr Kosenko's wards took first place in their group and received a direct ticket to the World Cup. Together with Ukraine, Kazakhstan, France, Spain and Portugal won tickets from Europe. Two more lucky winners will be determined on April 17, after the play-off matches between Netherlands and Finland, as well as Poland and Croatia. All participants of the final tournament will be known by April 28, after the completion of the regional qualifying competitions. The draw will take place in the summer in Tashkent, the specific date will be announced later. 

Futsal World Cup 2024

Final tournament. 14.09—06.10

24 participants

Host country — Uzbekistan.

Europe — 7 teams (Ukraine, Kazakhstan, France, Spain, Portugal, the two playoff winners will be determined on April 17).

South America — 4 teams (Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Paraguay).

Zone CONCACAF — 4 teams (will be determined on April 17).

Asia — 4 teams (owners will be determined on April 28).

Africa — 3 teams (owners will be determined on April 21).

Oceania — 1 team (New Zealand).