The head coach of the Finnish national team Markku Kanerva spoke about the personnel potential and opportunities of the team game of the national team of Ukraine, with which his wards will meet in the qualifying match for the 2022 World Cup on March 28.
Kiev. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – March 27, 2021 – Sport
Kanerva considers the “yellow-blues” a surprisingly well-played team and noted four leaders in Shevchenko’s team. He also recalled the bright performances of the Ukrainian team in the selection for Euro 2020.
“Ukraine is a well-played team with a large number of high-class performers. If we single out specific players, they are midfielders Oleksandr Zinchenko from Manchester City and Ruslan Malinovsky from Atalanta, forward Roman Yaremchuk from Ghent and winger Andriy Yarmolenko from West Ham.
Our team has really changed a lot. Moreover, about half of the players from the starting lineups of those matches have changed. Increased young performers. Both teams have made some progress, as evidenced by their results in the Euro 2020 qualifiers. A particularly striking example of improving the quality of the game of the national team of Ukraine is its unbeaten streak in the group with Portugal and Serbia, as well as the victory over Spain in the League of Nations, “- said the coach.
In the first round of the qualifying round, the Finns signed a world match with Bosnia and Herzegovina (2: 2).
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Source: Ukrgate