“The final matches of the League of Nations-2024/2025: how is the preparation of the national team of Ukraine for the matches Tsygankov, Lunin and Buyalskyi will miss important matches of the League of Nations due to various reasons. Rebrov’s team is training in Turkey, while Dovbyk is apart from the training group due to knee problems.”, — write on: unn.ua
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The football players of the national team, who play in the domestic championship, have already left for Belek, Turkey, where they will conduct the main stage of training. The legionnaires will come immediately to Turkey, where the team will prepare until November 152, when they will go to Batumi.
The national team of Ukraine has started preparations for the two final matches of the League of NationsNovember 11 2024, 14:09 • 15771 views
At the beginning of November, Serhii Rebrov announced the team composition for the final matches of the League of Nations against Georgia and Albania. Egor Yarmolyuk from the English “Brentford” received his debut call, and for the second time in a row, the flank midfielders of “Polyssia” Oleksandr Nazarenko and Oleksiy Hutsulyak and the midfielder of “Olexandria” Ivan Kalyuzhny were called up.
However, it recently became known that the winger of the Spanish “Girona” Viktor Tsygankov will miss the matches of the national team for the second time in a row due to an injury. Before that, Tsygankov was excluded from the application for the October League of Nations matches due to an injury he suffered in the Champions League game against the Dutch “Feyenoord”.
Instead of Tsygankov, Rebrov summoned the captain of Dynamo Kyiv, Vitaly Buyalskyi, who was on the reserve list. However, at the press conference after Dynamo’s victory over Polissia (2:1), Buyalskyi said that he had a slight injury. Subsequently, UAF confirmed that the midfielder will not be able to help the national team.
Andriy Lunin, the goalkeeper of Real Madrid, will also not be able to help the national team due to family circumstances. Dmytro Riznyk, the goalkeeper of Shakhtar Donetsk, was called up from the reserve list instead of Lunin.
In addition, there were rumors that the forward of Roma “Roma” Artem Dovbyk may not take part in the national team’s November matches. According to the media, after the last match with Roma, the striker complained of discomfort in his knee, which has bothered him several times this season. However, the MRI showed no damage.
But the UAF reported that Dovbyk joined the national team in Turkey.
According to the Italian press, yesterday Rebrov’s team held the first training session, during which Dovbyk did not work together with the general group. It is noted that today the doctors of the national team will examine the forward and, together with his Roman colleagues, will decide whether to leave Dovbyk or let him go back to Italy.
The day before, the head coach Serhiy Rebrov in an interview with the “Pryama Chervona” YouTube channel talked about the condition of the players of the national team, the motivation of the players and shared why he does not call Andriy Yarmolenko to the national team.
“The story with Yarmolenko shows that there are enough players in his position who showed and are showing a high level. I was interested to see the same Hutsuljak, although we called him up before, but he only got practice in the match against Bosnia. The same applies Nazarenko, who at that time scored enough goals and showed a very mature game in the national championship, so I was very interested in inviting these players, but inviting them not as the fourth player in the position, but to provide they have a chance,” said Rebrov.
The coach also talked about the ban of foreign clubs on the departure of the legionnaires of the national team to Ukraine.
“I would be happy, but the clubs don’t let our legionnaires go to Ukraine. Unfortunately, it’s impossible. I’m sure all the players want to play in Ukraine for their fans. When you play in Ukraine, it’s a completely different matter and emotions. We hope to return as soon as possible . This is very important for our people. We all understand this, we are even trying to do something, but at the moment it is impossible,” said Rebrov.
Rebrov also singled out several national team players, in particular Ivan Kalyuzhny, who only recently received a call-up to the national team.
“Ivan Kalyuzhny is a real discovery. He shows a very good game and desire. His work is an example for other football players. It is an example of the balance that every football player should have. Therefore, Ivan really showed that he wants and can,” he said coach.
The head coach also shared his opinion about the game of the central defender of “Bournemouth” Ilya Zabarny.
“I really like his attitude to football. He is a professional, he understands how to prepare for games, he is focused in every game. He understands that where he is now, in Bournemouth, is not the final stop. He is progressing, he wants to progress and next, to get to a bigger club, and for that, which is very important, you need to work. He is doing it in the national team and in “Bournemouth” now,” said the coach.
The debutant of the national team, Yehor Yarmolyuk, who was called up from the English “Brentford”, shared his impressions of the call-up in the UAF commentary.
“Rebrov congratulated me, told me not to worry, because everything will be fine. I liked the training. Everyone was friendly, they worked well, and with a good result we are going to the hotel. Every person who got into the national team will have a headache at the first training, at least,” Yarmolyuk said.
Yarmolyuk also shared that it would be a success for him to debut for the national team and win 2 games.
Addition
On Saturday, November 16, the national football team of Ukraine will play away against Georgia in the 5th round of the UEFA Nations League, Division B. The match will take place at “Batumi Arena” in the Georgian city of the same name. It starts at 19:00 Kyiv time.
Currently, the Ukrainian national team is in the last place in the group, having 4 points thanks to the victory over the Georgian national team and a draw with the Czech Republic.
Theoretically, Ukraine can take any other place in the group. If our national team takes first place, it will go to League “A”. If the second, then it will play in the contact matches for entry to League “A” with the team that took the third place from League “A”. The third place will allow to play matches for the preservation of registration in the “B” League, with the team that took the second place in the “C” League.
The last place will lower Ukraine in the class to League “C”.