Today the blue-yellows will play the final match of the 2021/2023 season
On June 14, in the Polish Lodz at the LKS stadium, the national team of Ukraine will play with the national team of Ireland in the final match of the season. Sport Arena explains why the match Ukraine – Ireland in the fourth round of the group stage of the League of Nations is not to be missed.
Farewell to big football
Although, it must be admitted, Ukraine did not have it for six months due to the large-scale military invasion of Russia – after the end of the first half and before the matches of the national team. We remained only observers, and even then, with a significantly reduced, if not completely lost interest.
Dynamo and Shakhtar were the first to “return” the country to football life – charity matches, of course, can hardly be considered full-fledged due to the intensity and lack of intrigue, but in the conditions in which the country found itself due to Russian military aggression, it was also a breath of air and a reminder about a relatively peaceful life.
Then came the turn of the national team, which presented a full range of emotions in half a month and forced them to switch from the war for at least 90 minutes. And today we say goodbye to big football again, at least until July, when Ukrainian clubs start qualifying for European competitions.
The last match of the national team until September
Yes, it is likely that the next time we will see the national team of the country in action at the end of September – the postponed match of the first round of the group stage of the League of Nations with Scotland is scheduled for the 21st. Considering the workload of the football calendar, due to the start of the new season, the European Cup matches and the 2022 World Cup, it is unlikely that the Ukrainian national team will be able to get together, find a sparring partner and play a friendly match before this date. The team will not have official matches until this date.
By the way, in the seven days of September, the blue-yellows will play three matches: in addition to the postponed duel with Scotland, these are meetings with Armenia (on the 24th) and the sixth round match with the same =
Result
The task of the Ukrainian national team for the tournament was clearly voiced by the head coach of the blue-and-yellows Oleksandr Petrakov – a return to Division A of the League of Nations. This means that the Ukrainian team needs to finish in first place in its quartet.
So far, everything is going according to the schedule for the team – two wins in two matches have brought the blue-and-yellows to the leaders of the group. However, with all due respect to the national teams of Ireland and Armenia, as evidenced by the starting rounds, the key matches for the blue-yellows will be the matches with Scotland in September. And you need to approach them with the maximum possible number of points.
Surprises from Petrakov
The mentor of the blue-yellows, after the completion of the main tournament of the last year – the 2022 World Cup qualification – begins to rebuild the team according to his vision and his principles. The change of generations in the national team also helps in this – the process is quite natural, although not too abrupt yet. And of course, to hold 5 fights, two of which – with incredible responsibility and tension, in 15 days – is an extremely difficult task. Add to this personnel problems – microtraumas and diseases of the players, and the reasons for the rotation from Petrakov and interesting game combinations in different matches will become clear.
It was also not possible to avoid personnel problems before the second match with Ireland. According to Petrakov, several players were ill, Pyatov, who played the last match for the national team, left the team, Yaremchuk was to be examined after an ankle injury. In other words, today we can see a new version of the national team. Of course, now it is difficult to predict how it will become the main one, given that there is still too much time and events until September, but it will definitely be interesting to look at it.
Where to watch Ukraine – Ireland live
On Tuesday, June 14, the match of the fourth round of the group stage of the League of Nations in Division B Ukraine – Ireland online video broadcast of the match can be seen in Ukraine. The broadcast of the match will be available on the temporary broadcaster of the content of the Ukrainian channel – Indigo TV, the Football 1 TV channel, the oll.tv platform.
Text online broadcast of the match of the fourth round of the group stage of the League of Nations, the national team of Ukraine – the national team of Ireland will be available at the Sport Arena starting from 20:30.
The best bets on the match Ireland – Ukraine
According to the bookmakers, Ukraine is the favorite of the match. Blue-yellow win bets taken at the rate of 1×1.87 against 1×4.85 – to win Ireland. A draw comes with a coefficient of 3.45.
Ukraine
The League of nations. Group stage
06/14/2022
21:45
Ireland
Of the other interesting options offered by bookmakers, we note a few. Looks pretty promising “Ukraine win or draw” for 1.17. Plus, given the fact that Ireland had a great match against Scotland (winning 3-0), and Ukraine got two wins in two opening matches, you can try “total over 1.5” for 1.45.
Source: Sportarena
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