The Alexandria midfielder received a debut call-up to the national team for the Nations League matches against Georgia and the Czech Republic
Midfielder Alexandria Ivan Kalyuzhny shared his emotions after his debut challenge in Ukrainian national team for matches Nations League 2024/25 against Georgia And Czech Republic.
“I’m gradually starting to get used to the fact that I’m on the national team, but I think this feeling will fully come at the first training session. When they called me on the phone and said that I was calling me to the national team, I was excited, of course. This was my dream. I worked and tried to do everything I could on the field to get here.”
“My teammates and coach were the first to know about my challenge. They were the first to congratulate me. To be honest, I knew many of the collections before. We crossed paths both at Dynamo Kiev and at the Metalist Academy. With Roman Yaremchuk, Bogdan Mikhailichenko, Alexander Timchik. I know a lot of people, but I haven’t talked to them for a long time.”
“At this training camp I want to show myself, train and help the team. I have already received my game number – 18th. Everything is going very well.”
Let us remind you that the composition of the Ukrainian national team for the upcoming matches with Georgia and the Czech Republic has undergone a number of changes compared to the original list. Due to injuries, Viktor Tsygankov, Vitaly Mikolenko, Andrey Yarmolenko, Alexander Zinchenko, Ruslan Malinovsky, Andrey Lunin, Vladimir Brazhko and Alexander Pikhalenok will not be able to help the blue-yellows.
Compared to the initial list, in addition to Ivan Kalyuzhny, Alexander Svatok, Vitaly Buyalsky and Alexander Nazarenko were called up to the team. Andrey Lunin was replaced on the list by Dmitry Riznyk.
26-year-old Kalyuzhny is a key player in the center of the field in Alexandria, which is now in the UPL leadership group. In eight matches played, the midfielder scored one goal.
Ukraine started in the 2024/25 Nations League with two defeats in September – 1:2 from Albania and 2:3 from the Czech Republic.
Sergei Rebrov’s team finishes the standings in Group B1. Albania and the Czech Republic have three points each after two rounds, Georgia is in the lead with two victories to its credit.
The match between Ukraine and Georgia will take place on October 11 in Poznan. Start – at 21:45 Kyiv time. The match will be officiated by Austrian referee Julian Weinberger.
Source: Sportarena
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