Head coach of the women’s national team of Ukraine Volodymyr Pyatenko told when his wards gathered in full:
– Legionnaires Inna Hlushchenko and Nikol Kozlova appeared last in the team location on November 25. In the south of Spain these days it is warm, there are all conditions for a full-fledged training process.
– During the previous international break in friendly matches with Slovakian and Romanian women, for various reasons, you could not immediately count on 11 players from the main bracket. What is the personnel situation now?
– Unfortunately, just before leaving, it became known that Victoria Giryn and Olga Basanska will not be able to help us due to damage. That is why, compared to the previous sparring matches, only five leading female footballers returned to the squad.
– How serious are the injuries to Giryn and Basanska?
– I hope that by the end of 2025 they will be healthy. By the way, Veronika Andrukhiv is also recovering from damage. I think that by the beginning of March, when the opening matches of the World Cup 2027 selection will take place, they will already be in combat form.
– Is there enough information about the closest rivals?
– Yes, we have already analyzed the game of these teams in detail during theoretical classes. It is important that they act in different styles, and this is a very valuable experience for us, because it is very difficult to approach the March qualifying matches fully armed. The main thing for us now is game practice, especially with such strong national teams as the Scottish and Austrian ones.
Source: sport.ua