Ukraine U-19 disappointingly missed the first place in the qualifying group and did not qualify for Euro 2022
Main coach Ukrainian national team U-19 Volodymyr Yezerskiy summed up the results of the team’s performance in the elite round of qualifying for the European Championship 2022.
The Blue-Yellows did not qualify for the final part of the tournament, losing first place in the group to Serbia due to more yellow cards received than the opponent.
“Such a denouement in my career, of course, was not. After the end of the tournament, all officials closed themselves in the office for half an hour, solving this issue. In their careers, there were also no such cases, so that the two teams had equal performance. It’s a shame that the fate of a ticket to the European Championship was decided by three yellow cards. In my opinion, it would be fairer to count “yellow plasters” in the match Ukraine – Serbia, and not in all fights. But that’s the rule, and there’s nothing you can do about it. Many of our authoritative functionaries called me. They congratulated on a good result and were themselves shocked that such a denouement occurred, ”said Yezersky.
“It is a pity that such a huge amount of work that our coaching staff did six or seven days before the tournament did not bring the desired result. The players caught our idea and transferred everything to the field, and, with the exception of representatives of Rukh, having no match practice since February. In addition, a large group of players who were previously called up to this team were injured, so there were also debutants in the squad. It was hard, but the whole team showed character, everyone was professional.”
“We really wanted to bring as many positive emotions as possible to our fans, many of whom are now defending our country with a machine gun in their hands.”
“I think that our group in the elite round looked stronger than the one that could have been in the final part of the Euro. All three games were difficult. The Norwegians have a very strong squad. The Serbs have players from Milan and many other strong clubs. Not to mention the hosts of the tournament, the Dutch, who even with one point before the last round had the opportunity to win the group, so their mood was crazy. But again, our players, no matter how difficult it was for them functionally, showed their best side. Of course, in this regard, it is impossible not to mention the entire coaching and administrative staff. Everyone worked as a single mechanism.”
“I told the guys that it was a pleasure for me to work with such players. I am proud to lead this team. The guys did everything possible to break into the European Championship, it was their dream. I wished the players not to lose their potential and treat their work professionally. Soon a large group of players will move to the youth team, and later, I am sure, someone will be able to knock on the door of the national team.”
“I would like to thank the UAF for solving organizational and technical issues, the Dutch Football Federation and Yevgeny Levchenko for the opportunity to work on the basis of the Netherlands national team, Rukh President Grigory Kozlovsky for working conditions before leaving for the tournament, as well as to all the clubs that delegated their players to our team.”
As part of the elite round of qualifying for Euro 2022, Jezersky’s team beat Norway (3:2) and the Netherlands (2:1), and also drew with Serbia (1:1).
Source: Sportarena
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