Today, on June 16, the Ukrainian Olympic team preparing for the Summer Games will finish its performance at the Tournoi Maurice Revello international tournament in France with a match against the Ivory Coast U-20 team. The final match of the competition will start at 19:15 Kyiv time.
In the group round, Ruslan Rotan's wards confidently defeated the Indonesia U-20 team 3-0, defeated the Italy U-21 team 4-0, beat Panama U-23 2-0 and Japan U-21 2-1. Having taken first place in their quintet, the Blue and Yellows got the right to play for the main prize with the winner of the other group, the Ivory Coast U-20 team.
- We did not put the result of the tournament as the number one issue, but the appetite comes with eating. This is the final, a good opponent, we will try to play to the best of our ability. In general, the main thing is that during these competitions we were able to establish mutual understanding on the field and put our ideas into practice.
We don't look at the opponent, we only focus on our game. We want to prepare for the Olympics not only physically, but also psychologically and mentally. With an understanding of what we want and what we are doing. We need to give it our all in France. In less than a month, we will gather near Bordeaux to prepare for the Games. In five to seven days, we will decide on the squad and talk to clubs about personnel issues. Now, in times of war, it is important to work together for our country," said Ruslan Rotan, head coach of the Ukrainian Olympic team, the day before.