The head coach of the youth national team of Ukraine U-19, Serhiy Nagornyak, commented on the results of the draw of the elite round of the Euro-2023 selection ("blue and yellow" will meet with the teams of Spain, Denmark and Luxembourg).
Serhiy Nagornyak (photo: uaf.ua)— It was a normal draw. Although, of course, from the second basket we got perhaps the strongest opponent in the form of the Spaniards. We have the last game with them, so it will be a head-to-head match and we will decide who will go to the European Championship. And there is nothing wrong with the fact that the competition will take place in Spain. During the qualification, the players of the Ukrainian national team felt that they can play with any opponent, regardless of what price tags hang on their players.
At the same time, no one is going to discount Denmark and Luxembourg. These will be very difficult matches. For example, the Netherlands did not get to the elite round, and Luxembourg did. In general, there were enough surprises in the qualifying tournament.
It is unlikely that we will be able to get together in the winter, as all the clubs will be preparing for the championship, so most likely our training will take place on the eve of the official competitions. But nothing, we will leave the situation we are in, we will count on those football players who played in the qualifying round, said the coach.
