The goalkeeper of the Georgian national team expects a difficult confrontation
Valencia goalkeeper and Georgian national team Giorgi Mamardashvili a tough confrontation awaits Ukraine in the third round match Nations League 2024/25.
“We expect a difficult game against Ukraine. I think it will be a tough match. We know they are missing a lot of players and won’t be at their best. But at least they have players of this level who will give us sufficient resistance. Playing away is never easy.”
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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