Ruslan Rotan’s team has begun preparations for the 2024 Games in Paris
Midfielder Olympic team of Ukraine Oleg Ocheretko spoke about expectations for the upcoming Games-2024 in Paris.
“For me personally, our team’s participation in the Olympic Games is a very big responsibility. But it is also a great joy to represent our country at such a time, in such a difficult situation. The path to the Games was difficult. At first, I probably did not believe it, because it is something that is hard to imagine.”
We must support the young players, because this is a very important tournament. Everyone must concentrate on our game to show good results.”
“I never thought that I would play in an official match against Argentina – it’s incredible. Many veterans will take part in the competition, which increases the status of the tournament. Every top footballer who will play at the 2024 Olympics is motivation for us to show ourselves at the same level.”
Ukraine will take part in the Olympic football tournament for the first time in its history. Rotan’s team won a ticket to Paris last year, reaching the semi-finals of the European Youth Championship.
On July 14, Ruslan Rotan’s team will play a friendly match with the Egyptian Olympic team, and on July 18, they will meet Paraguay. Both sparring matches will begin at 19:30 Kyiv time.
The coach of the Ukrainian Olympic team previously said that he does not see much desire on the part of most clubs to help his team and release their players to participate in the 2024 Olympic Games.
The final roster of the Ukrainian team included defenders Maksym Taloverov, Arseniy Batagov, midfielder Maksym Khlan, as well as the leaders of Shakhtar Donetsk – Dmytro Kryskiv and Danylo Sikan.
The Ukrainian national team will play at the 2024 Olympics with Argentina, Morocco and Iraq. In the first round, Rotan’s team will meet the Asian team on July 24.
Source: Sportarena
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