The U-18/19 youth national team (players not older than 2006) gathered for the first time this year to work together.
Friendly match between the youth national teams
Switzerland U-18/19 - Ukraine U-18/19 - 2: 1 (2: 0)
Goals: Derbasi (33), Schreiber (38) - Vidysh (71).
In the 43rd minute Jemalia (Switzerland) missed a penalty kick (past the goal).
Switzerland: Welty (Ober, 46), Meili, Jemalia, Mayer (Zimba, 67), Lentini (Longa, 74), Okafor (Parente, 67), Grando (Greco, 67), Jordan, Schreiber (Smith, 74), Derbasi (Tsava, 74), Dietgelm.
Ukraine: Bakus (Surkis, 46), Garazha (Shershen, 84), Havrylenko, Osypenko, Stepanov (Lobko, 46), Synchuk (Vidysh, 65), Babak (Tsukanov, 46), Abramov (Korobov, 58), Kalyn (Husol, 46), Len (Bundash, 58), Vernatus (Dykyi, 58).
The youth national team of Ukraine, which will take part in the qualifying round of Euro 2025 U-19 in November, began a training camp in Switzerland on September 2. "The Blue and Yellows have scheduled two sparring matches with local peers. In the first of them, a draw was recorded - 2:2.
Today, on September 9, the second friendly match between the teams took place in the city of Ville. In the first half, the Swiss scored twice and missed a penalty kick. In the 71st minute, the Ukrainians reduced the deficit - Lobko took advantage of the goalkeeper's mistake and passed to Vidysh, who sent the ball into the empty net. However, in the end, Dmytro Mykhaylenko's wards still lost - 1-2.
It will be recalled that this team is preparing for the Euro 2025 U-19 qualifiers. According to the results of the draw of the first stage of the competition, it was in Group 1 along with the Netherlands, Slovenia and Kazakhstan. The mini-tournament will take place in the Netherlands, and the matches will take place on November 13, 16 and 19.