Golovko: Ukraine U-21 needs to win all four remaining matches

05 April 2018, 16:43 | Football 
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Head coach of the Ukrainian national team U-21 Alexander Golovko told about the chances to get to Euro-2019.

Ukrainian youth team U-21 lost England (1: 2) in the selection for Euro-2019 and now ranks third.

"The result of the fight is natural. The English are individually stronger than our players. However, it was in this match that the Ukrainian team demonstrated its best game - both in tactics and at will. We just did not realize their moments, and the opponent - on the contrary ", - quotes Golovko official site of FFU.

"We will fight to the end - we need to win all four of the remaining matches. Chances we still have, so we'll play and see what happens at the finish line. With England, we have already found out the relationship, now we need to move on. What pleased us, in Britain the "youth team" played better with the English than in Ukraine, we gave out a maximum of ".

"To follow the game of candidates for the Ukrainian youth team? This process is quite natural - we are considering connecting to work in the near future football players of 1998 and 1999 years of birth. Look at the team and potential newcomers in the game will be able in May at the tournament in memory of Valery Lobanovsky. In August, after the end of European Championship-2018 (U-19), at which Alexander Petrakov's team will perform, we will pay special attention to his wards ".

"We are perfectly aware that in the fall of the first team to play in the League of Nations, and Andriy Shevchenko will involve all the best performers. We will have to count on young players ".

"Disappointment, probably, would be, if I just started these guys to train. And I have been working with them since they were 15 years old, so I believe in them completely. The chance to enter the field is at the basis of all. It's just for us and for the kids that it's important that they play as often as possible for their clubs. But with this, as before, the problems. We do not have enough time to resolve this personnel situation - an important final segment of the selection for Euro-2019. I'm sure our team will do everything possible to finish the tournament successfully ".

Источник: football.ua