Football. ua analyzes the prospects of the Ukrainian national team in the qualifying match of the 2018 World Cup against Turkey using the SWOT matrix.

Forces It's no secret that the main trump cards of the team of Andrey Shevchenko is the game of attacking wings of Eugene Konoplyanki and Andrei Yarmolenko. It is on the successful actions of the Schalke players and now Dortmund Borussia relies on the yellow and blue coaching staff in the crucial selection matches against Turkey and Iceland. However, in addition to recognized leaders Shevchenko can count on the potential of a well-started season in the Dynamo Dennis Garmash, and in general the midfield is almost the strongest line of Ukrainians. The same Ruslan Rotan, Sergei Sidorchuk and, to some extent, and young Victor Kovalenko and Gypsies are able to bring the necessary creative and harmony to the development of our team's attacks. There is no question about the position on the last frontier of Andrey Pyatov, in some fights he has repeatedly frankly rescued the main team of the country from serious trouble in the form of correct goals. Let's recall at least the first match with the Turks and a duel with the favorite of the group Croatia.

Weakness Andriy Shevchenko himself is well aware that the problem of the paddock forward is quite acute. Artem Kravets, although he already scored in the gates of the Turks, in his club has the status of a solid reserve. By the way, like his younger namesake, a teammate and colleague Besedin. But Eugene Seleznev and still does not have any practice in the modest Turkish Karabukspor, and he did not receive the call to collect the main team of the country. Also, the situation on the flanks of defense remains difficult. Eduard Sobol only just recently played the first official match of the season in the composition of Slavia, although he managed to excel the debut goal. Nikolai Matvienko plays stably in Vorskla, however, before the call to the national team, he fell ill with a sore throat, from which he recovered only upon arrival in the Kharkiv camp of yellow-blue. Even more worrisome is the position of the right-wing defender. Bogdan Butko in Shakhtar firmly sits behind Dario Srna, and Nikolai Morozyuk is mostly oriented to attack rather than defensive actions. Confirmation to this was the return match in the Dynamo against Young Boys, which the people of Kiev lost in many ways from the gross error of Nicholas in the episode with the first missed goal. So Shevchenko has something to ponder over ... Opportunities Despite the apparent monolithicness of Mircea Lucescu's team, the Turks have enough problems of their own with a vengeance. Recall the first half of the away match, when the Ukrainians did not let the defense of the descendants of the Janissaries calmly breathe, and even before the break they had every chance to kill the intrigue in the meeting. Alas, not killed ... The defensive line of the Turkish national team does not represent an irresistible redoubt, even though it has such a high-profile player like Omer Toprak. By the way, 28-year-old tsentrbek is now a team-mate of Andrey Yarmolenko. Yes, the reliability of an experienced football player can not be denied, but in Bayer, where he played last season, and in the team Omer repeatedly made gross mistakes. The main oporn Mehmet Topal, despite the generally high level of the game, is already quite an age singer, and in some episodes can trite not keep up with the fastest midfielder rivals. And in the attack the Turks do not often shine with the effectiveness ... The threats of the Ladylove reviews deserve the game of attacking midfielder Emre Mora and Hakana Chalkhanoglu. The first in the Turkish duel, not weakly patted the nerves of the Ukrainian defense, and now will do the same in the Spanish championship: Mor has recently joined the ranks of the offender Shakhtar in the League of Europe Selta. Changed the club and Chalkhanoglu. In Bayhere, Hakan revealed itself and showed itself to the whole of Europe, and now it is time for a new step forward, which was the transition to Milan. These players are able to solve the episode alone, and with the last pass they are all right.

In general, to complete the attack called forward Besiktas Jenk Tosun, showing in his club good performance. Do not forget about the hidden threat number one in the form of Mircea Lucescu. A witty and cunning Romanian specialist knows firsthand the Ukrainian football, and more than once analyzed and analyzed the actions of almost all the charges of Andrei Shevchenko. And from the point of view of psychology, Lucescu is able to find an approach to almost any opponent.

Roman Petrenko, Football. Ua.

Author: Roman Petrenko.