Football. ua presents the announcement of the UEFA League of Nations League match between the Czech Republic and Ukraine.
An away match with the team of Karel Yarolim of the national team of Ukraine is to start a new tournament for itself. Andriy Shevchenko promised that he will abstain from experiments this time, and the main task will be to achieve the result.
Czech Republic - Ukraine Thursday, September 6, 21:35, Uherske Hradiste, Miroslav Valenta City Stadium.
Arbitrator - Anthony Taylor (England). Live broadcast on the channel Football 1.
For our team, the Czech team is extremely uncomfortable. Twice Ukrainians played against the main team of this European state. As a result, a crushing defeat in 2011 (4: 0) and a dry draw a year later. However, those fights had the status of comradely, and especially negative emotions did not bring. Now - a completely different matter. In the new European tournament, it's desirable to start on a positive note, which is quite a real challenge. Despite the away match, the national team of Ukraine will arrange only a positive outcome. If possible, victory, at least a draw. In addition, the opponent is not so formidable as it was, for example, about twenty years ago. Then in the Czech national team played a truly golden generation that caused a rustle in Europe. Now we all have a bed. The Czechs have not claimed anything serious for a long time, and they do not pull the impassable barrier even in the first approximation ... Most recently, Dynamo met with one of the leaders of Czech football Slavia, and on the sum of two matches achieved its (1: 1, 2: 0). But only the people of Kiev are not the backbone of the Ukrainian national team, and the Prague club has a similar situation. Therefore, Shevchenko's training staff was to conduct serious preparatory work. The Czechs, despite the long absence of great achievements, are a "prickly" rival, hungry before victories. The same Hysbauer and Schick can seriously damage the nerves of our team, and the rest of the characters, undoubtedly, deserve respect. Respect, but not fear. At hand, Shevchenko is far from raw, young, besides the leaders of Konoplyanka and Yarmolenko have something to prove. In their clubs, Evgeni and Andrew clearly do not shine, and a successful game in the national team can return to our main stars self-confidence.
For sure the meeting in Uherske Hradiste will turn out to be an interesting and principled. Ukrainians will try for the first time in history to hit the gates of the Czechs. To do this, try, first of all, the experienced Seleznev, urgently entrusted to the national team in view of the trauma of Besedin. However, it is not excluded that Yaremchuk will gain his chance in Belgium. In any case, we can expect from our compatriots a mature and productive game. The task before the team is quite real, and its execution seems to have the best forces at the moment. And how it turns out in practice - we will know very soon.
Approximate compositions of the Czech Republic: Vatslik - Kalas, Suhi, Yugas - Zoufal, Husbauer, Soucek, Barak, Yankto - Shural, Shik Ukraine: Pyatov - Butko, Burda, Rakitsky, Matvienko - Stepanenko, Malinovsky - Karavaev, Marlos, Konoplyanka - Seleznev.
Words by Karel Jarolim, coach of the Czech national team:.
"We play only four games, so the price of each fight is higher. From the psychological point of view, it is very important to adjust to each meeting.
Going out on the field, you need to have the most fighting mood in order to concentrate all efforts on the game ".
Andrey Shevchenko, coach of the Ukrainian team:.
"Our team will play to win. But any positive result in the match on the road - this is also a plus. We came to show good football and try to achieve victory. But the draw will be a good result. Our task is to show our strengths. If we succeed, then we will achieve a positive result ".
forecast 0: 1.