The coach of the Ukrainian team summarized the performance of the national team and told about the nuances of his work.

Match Ukraine - Slovakia will be held on Friday, at the Arena Lviv. The beginning of the match at 20:00. Live broadcast on Ukraine and Football 2. On the eve of the friendly match of the national team, a big interview with the 112 channel was given by head coach Andriy Shevchenko.

"In the match against Slovakia, our task is to test new players, give them the opportunity to play, and also to establish old ties. When you enter a large number of new players - the game system is too much destroyed. There are players who adapt very quickly, and there are those who get it worse. We do not have the opportunity to organize such a long training cycle, because when the national team is going to, we have a maximum of three days. Moreover, in such a busy period of matches of Ukrainian teams in European competition. Players are subjected to serious physical stress, so the training process as such is practically nonexistent. Well, if one day comes across, when you can conduct a more or less complete training, or it should not be just a recovery, "- said Shevchenko.

"At this gathering, we practically lose two days to recover, and we have only one training session, where we can use some technical and tactical ideas, schemes, somewhere to try the players in different positions".

"We now have a long period, let's see how many windows for friendly matches we will have, with which rivals will be able to play, so whenever possible, we will try to give every newcomer a chance to prove himself".

"We depend on the generations. Perhaps, fate will give us a few cool forwards. In this generation we have wonderful winger, the same Konoplyanka, Yarmolenko, who now play in Europe. On these positions we have a good choice. Today the championship of our country does not give an opportunity to compete with stronger championships. Because of this, the quality of players and their level, including attackers, suffer ".

"What is the difference between working in a club and working in a team? First, the club coach has a lot more time. He has a complete team of players with whom he works every day. It is easier for him to build a game. And it is very important for the coach of the national team to lead a good selection, look behind the players and pinpoint the solutions that are needed at a specific moment for the team, while not having enough time to work on the football field. The work is completely different. But while I'm working here, this is my job, and I do not need to look into the future ".

"The qualifying round is now over. My assistants must tell me whether they want to continue working or not. If everything is normal, then we will continue in the same composition. According to the strategy, tactics, according to gaming principles, there will be no big changes ".

"We want to play creative football, but with some changes. If we analyze the cycle conducted for the World Cup, then we have slightly failed to play games with strong rivals. We had good separate times, but this was not enough for a positive result. We created enough moments in the first half against the Croats in Kiev to beat them, but failed to implement. We need to play more defensively in defense and not need to squander moments. Somewhere, perhaps, we will be rebuilt in games with stronger opponents, but we are not going to change our principles: we are going to attack, trying to observe the balance of ".

"I have a contract until June. We agreed that I should speak with my assistants. I deliberately took the time to finally decide on the whole structure for the next qualifying round: at the expense of the coaching staff, medical staff, administrator and all the rest. Give your vision for development. After I do this, I have an agreement that we will continue our cooperation ".

At a press conference, Andriy Shevchenko said that in fact "guarantees" the entry of Ukraine to the next European Championships.

"The result is very important. We need to look at what we will be in the group after the draw, evaluate our chances, but I have no other choice, because I have a task before me and I have to decide it. Ukraine should go to the next European Championship ".

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