Head coach Ukrainian nationwide staff Sergey Rebrov on the eve of the check match towards Germany spoke regarding his staff’s preparation for this sparring specifically and for the upcoming European Championship 2024 – usually.
“Now soccer just isn’t within the forefront in our nation, however we do all the things for our defenders. The truth that we bought to Euro 2024 in Germany is a vital step for us. This is essential for our nation, for our individuals. Sure, in Germany soccer is the primary sport. It was once the identical in Ukraine. However now we’ve to consider different issues.”
“Now the German nationwide staff has a special coach, with this coach the staff performs very disciplined. They play effectively in protection, however additionally they have loads of gamers who can present so much in assault. The German staff has improved since our final recreation towards them in Bremen. Sadly, they will not be capable to use gamers from Actual Madrid and Borussia Dortmund, however they’ve a number of gamers for every place.”
“We have to think regarding each recreation, we’ve a really younger staff, however we’ve a stability between skilled and younger gamers. You might want to transfer from recreation to recreation. We have now our first recreation with Romania, we have to think regarding getting ready for this match, and solely then we’ll watch.”
“Lunin? He might not participate in yesterday’s match as a result of he wasn’t effectively ready for it. However he stays an essential footballer for us, it is necessary that he represented our nation within the Champions League, it is a nice expertise for him. When Andrey joins us, he’ll be capable to cross on this expertise to different soccer gamers. This is applicable not solely to Lunin. A lot of our younger gamers are taking part in effectively in England, Spain and different European leagues.”
“There isn’t any want to match us with our defenders who combat for our freedom. There isn’t any drawback in spending extra time on the street than others. Sure, we bought to the Euro, it is a nice success for us, however we should proceed to maneuver on. Each participant should carry out at their greatest to be aggressive at this stage. It is vitally essential”.
“Securing our staff on the Euro? We all the time journey with safety, we’ve it. I’m assured that good situations shall be created in Germany to guard not solely our staff, but in addition the remainder of the nationwide groups. Even within the Champions League remaining a number of instances individuals ran onto the sector. I feel this isn’t superb. However I’m positive that in Germany all the things shall be finished a lot better.”
“As for the gamers, everybody practices in a standard group. All 22 gamers and goalkeepers all work collectively. As for Lunin, he’ll nonetheless have a celebration with Actual following successful the Champions League, following which he’ll be a part of the staff, he deserves it. He’ll be a part of us in Warsaw, the place we’ll arrive following the match with Germany.”
“We now have two tournaments – the European Championship and the Olympics. If we want somebody, we will name somebody, they’re close by, in France. Thus far, the gamers have been referred to as up for the following three matches, however the remaining utility will must be submitted on June 7. Then we’ll have a look at the situation of all of the gamers.”
Allow us to remind you that the Ukrainian nationwide staff will play a check match with Germany on June 3. The match will happen in Nuremberg on the Mark Morlock Stadium. The assembly begins at 21:45 Kyiv time. The sparring shall be served by a panel of judges led by Walter Altmann from Austria.
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Bundestim coach Julian Nagelsmann won’t be able to rely on Actual Madrid’s Antonio Rudiger and Toni Kroos, in addition to Borussia Dortmund’s Nico Schlotterbeck and Niklas Füllkrug – all of whom had been included within the preliminary 27-player squad. Allow us to remind you that yesterday the Madrid membership beat its opponent from Dortmund within the Champions League remaining (2:0).
The match with Germany would be the first in a collection of June sparring matches for Sergei Rebrov’s staff. On June 7, the blue-yellows will play a check match with the Polish staff. Subsequent, on the eleventh, Sergei Rebrov’s staff will play in Chisinau with the Moldavian nationwide staff.
Rebrov introduced the staff composition for the preparatory coaching camp for the 2024 European Championship once more in mid-Could. The primary listing included 26 gamers, and the reserve listing included six extra: Dmitry Riznyk, Daniil Sikan (each Shakhtar), Denis Popov, Vitaly Buyalsky, Vladislav Kabaev (all Dynamo) and Yegor Yarmolyuk (Branford). The ultimate utility of the staff for the 2024 European Championship shall be introduced on June 7.
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On June 12, the Ukrainian staff will transfer from Nuremberg to Wiesbaden, its base metropolis in the course of the continental championship. Wiesbaden is the capital of the federal state of Hesse in western Germany, positioned subsequent to Mainz and Darmstadt, close to Frankfurt.
On the group stage of the 2024 European Championship, the blue-yellows will successively play with the nationwide groups of Romania (June 17), Slovakia (June 21) and Belgium (June 26). The matches will happen in Munich, Dusseldorf and Stuttgart, respectively.
