lexander karavayev: "We don't feel tired after the control match with Brentford-2"

Ukraine defender Oleksandr Karavayev spoke about the national team's last training session at Brentford before the opening match in the Euro 2024 qualifiers.

On March 24, the national team of Ukraine held the last training session at FC Brentford in preparation for the opening match in the Euro 2024 qualifying round - against England. Now Ruslan Rotan's wards have a pre-game training session and the match itself ahead.

Dynamo Kyiv defender Oleksandr Karavayev spoke about the extraordinary training session the day before the important meeting.

"Today we had an emotional session with elements of jokes, but at the same time intense. Sometimes it was difficult to perform technical elements, but it was interesting. We had a good laugh and participated in games. All this improves our emotional state.

When your partners, who have lost the game, bend down and stand in a line in the goal, of course, I hit and want to hit them. Why else would you hit them? But when you get into the same position yourself, you don't want your partners to hit...

After the control match with Brentford 2, we don't feel tired - everything is very good. Everyone played a half, except for Buyalsky, who played the whole match. The workload was average. It was a normal training session with increased responsibility.

There is a lot of competition in the team now, everyone is ready and working hard. The atmosphere is good, and the morale, which is very important, is at a high level. We are one family, we do one thing, and everyone helps each other," said Oleksandr Karavayev.

It will be recalled that the Euro 2024 qualifying match between England and Ukraine will take place on March 26 in London (starting at 19.00 Kyiv time).