Oleksiy Sych, UAF November 21, 2024, 2:29 p.m

In the framework of the final round of the group stage of the League of Nations, the national team of Ukraine won a difficult victory over Albania and took second place in their quartet, due to which the “blue and yellow” will play in the playoffs for the right to enter the elite division.

In this confrontation, in the second half, the 23-year-old fullback of the Lviv Movement Oleksiy Sych made his debut, who shared his emotions from his first appearance on the field in the “blue-yellow” T-shirt.

“The emotions are simply incredible, I’m still shaking. I’ll repeat myself and say that I came to the national team camp with good emotions, but I couldn’t believe that I would be able to make my debut. It turned out unexpectedly for me, and I’m very happy. It was difficult to enter the game , because at that moment the score was 2:1 and it was quite difficult for the team, because Albania wanted to score the second goal. We played for the result and tried keep score

Certainty? I felt it from the first minutes of being on the field. When you go out on the field, even as a debutant, it’s just goosebumps. But literally a few minutes pass, and you forget about everything, concentrate only on the game.

It’s like my second birthday. Thank you all for your support. Thank you for the support of family, friends and relatives. Serhiy Rebrov also congratulated on the debut, on the victory, on the fact that we still achieved the desired result. I am grateful to him for entrusting me with a place in the team, that I made my debut,” Sycha quotes official website of the UAF.

We will remind you that in the playoffs for entry to the elite division, the Ukrainian national team will play against one of the following teams: Hungary, Belgium, Scotland, Serbia. The draw will take place on November 22. The playoff matches themselves will be played on March 20 and 23, 2025, and the first game will be nominally a home game for Ukraine.