The blue-yellows will play Georgia in Poznan on November 11
Midfielder Ukrainian national team Taras Stepanenko spoke about the team’s mood before the match with Georgia in the third round Nations League 2024/25.
“Irakli Azarov, Giorgi Gocholeishvili, David Khochalava – they are very good people, their human qualities are at a high level. We communicate very well with them, they are great football players.”
“The Georgian national team is a strong, combat-ready, well-played team. There are very high-quality football players playing in great teams. Georgia is the leader of our group at the moment. Therefore, we are preparing very carefully, trying to achieve a good result for us.”
“When I first joined the Ukrainian national team, even the youth team, it was a great achievement for me. This is how it should be for any football player. When I had injuries before, I came to the national team with them and tried to help the team. And at 35 years old, my attitude towards the national team has not changed. Every fan, functionary and player should understand this.”
“All the national team players who are here give their maximum to the team. If you have a chance to play, you go out and work every day in and after training to be ready. Every player of the Ukrainian national team prepares in this way, feels responsibility to their country, will give the entire field so that our fans are happy with the team.”
“Therefore, it is not true that the players of the Ukrainian national team do not want to play, they do not give their all. “Everyone who comes here is people who are as responsible as possible and who want to help our country as much as possible.”
On October 7, the Ukrainian national team began preparations for the upcoming matches of the 2024/25 Nations League in Division B (Group 1). Initially, representatives of UPL clubs went to Poland by train with Rebrov. The rest of the players joined the national team camp in Poland.
The composition of the national team 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.
Instead of the dropped performers, Alexander Svatok, Vitaly Buyalsky and Ivan Kalyuzhny were called up to the team. Lunin, who had contracted a viral infection, was replaced on the list by Dmitry Riznyk, and a debutant, Polesie midfielder Alexander Nazarenko, also arrived at the national team camp.
Let us remind you that in September the blue-yellows were defeated by Albania in a formally home match of the 1st round of Group B1 of the 2024/25 Nations League – 1:2, and then in a productive match of the 2nd round they lost to the Czech Republic (2:3). Both fights took place in Prague.
The Ukrainian team closes the standings of group B1. Albania and the Czech Republic have three points each after two rounds, Georgia is in the lead with two victories.
Rebrov’s team will play their next match on October 11 against Georgia in Poznan, Poland. Start – at 21:45 Kyiv time. The match will be judged by the Austrian team of referees led by Julian Weinberger.
On October 14, the blue-yellows will play against the Czech Republic. The match will take place in another Polish city – Wroclaw.
Source: Sportarena
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