The U-16/17 youth national team will hold a training camp in Lviv from September 2 to 11, during which it will play two control matches - against Rukh U-19 (September 7) and Karpaty U-19 (September 10). On the eve of this training camp, the head coach of the blue and yellows Yuriy Moroz answered questions from the UAF official website.
-Yuriy, what are the coaching staff'sgoals for this training camp?
- The goals do not change. This is the last stage of preparation for the qualifying round of the European Championship. Again, we want to get as much information as possible about the guys' readiness for official competitions, set the direction for the wards in their work, and coordinate all processes in tactical training.
- After this preparatory stage, will the selection be only spotty?
- Yes, it will. I think 95 percent of the squad will take part in the Euro qualifiers.
- Are the opponents in sparring worthy?
- Of course they are. We will play against Rukh and Karpaty, teams that are two years older. It will be a useful experience for our guys.
- Are you already studying theopponents in thequalifying round?
- Yes, we are. We already have information about the national teams of Belgium, Kosovo and Kazakhstan. During the current work, we will familiarize the team in detail with our opponents in official matches.
- The opening match of the Euro qualifiers will take place on October 9. Do you know when the preparations for the tournament will begin?
- There are certain nuances related to the performance of our guys in various tournaments, but I would really like the work to start on October 2 so that we have as much time as possible to prepare for the competition.
It will be recalled that the draw resulted in this youth national team of Ukraine being in Group 4 along with Belgium, Kosovo and Kazakhstan. The mini-tournament in our quartet will be held in Belgium, and the matches will take place on October 9, 12 and 15.
Goalkeepers: Maksym Roenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Kyrylo Hadasevych (Wolfsburg, Germany), Yegor Krapivin (Espanyol, Spain).
Defenders: Dmytro Konovalov (Dynamo Kyiv), Nikita Kalyuzhnyi, Yegor Kostyuk, Yaroslav Mylokost, Ivan Vergun (all - Shakhtar Donetsk), Arsen Zalipka, Dmytro Solomon (both - Rukh Lviv), Oleksandr Boyko (Ghent, Belgium), Nazar Khlivnyuk (Fortuna, Germany).
Midfielders: Pavlo Lyusin (Dynamo Kyiv), Oleksandr Sereda (Shakhtar Donetsk), Muhammad Dzhurabayev, Danylo Slyva (both Rukh Lviv), Maksym Tlumak (Karpaty Lviv), Ilya Khrunyk (Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk).
Forwards: Ivan Andriyko (Dynamo Kyiv), Artem Zubriy (Shakhtar Donetsk), Roland Mustafayev (Rukh Lviv), Andriy Korol (Metalist 1925 Kharkiv), Dmytro Zudin (Gajduk, Croatia), Ilya Menshikov (Austria).