A PHOTO. Two days on the bus. Ukraine national team starts training camp in Slovenia

First representatives Ukraine national team We came to the training center of the Slovenian Football Union this evening, May 1st. During the war, the journeys of the blue-yellows to the exit collection were much longer than in peacetime, when almost anywhere in Europe could be reached by plane in two to three hours.

This time the bus of the national team of Ukraine with the head coach Alexander Petrakov He left the Football House early on Saturday morning to arrive at the Ukraine-Hungary border in the evening. After spending the night near Uzhgorod, the blue-yellows drove up to the border checkpoint.

President of the Football Federation of Ukraine Andriy Pavelko, together with the first vice-president of the UAF Vadym Kostyuchenko, took the collections to the state border the previous day, paid a working visit to the frontline Kramatorsk. We should also mention two football legends, and now the first vice-presidents of the UAF Oleg Protasov and Anatoly Demyanenko: the first also took the national team to the border, and the second went to training camp with the team as the sole representative of the leadership of the association in Slovenia. As you know, the age of Anatoly Vasilyevich allows him to leave the country without additional approval.

Andrey Pavelko Noting that he wishes productive work to the national team coaches, players and employees, he emphasized that the whole of Ukraine will watch the decisive matches of the blue-yellows in June with great hope. The head of the UAF remains in Ukraine throughout the war.

After crossing the border, the national team bus traveled another 800 km. The sunny weather was a nice companion of our team on the way to Slovenia. On the first day of May, almost summer heat is felt in Europe: the temperature exceeds 20 degrees Celsius. Only after entering Slovenia, which is located above sea level, it became noticeably colder, and the Ukraine national team bus covered the last 100 km of the road, accompanied by a downpour – the temperature dropped to 14 degrees.

At the training center in Brdo, 40 km from the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, the collections arrived at approximately 21:20 CET. The blue-yellows are staying at the Elegans Hotel, which is 700 meters from the training center and will be their home throughout May. Within the scope of the delegation coming from Ukraine by bus, four football players – Dmitry Riznyk, Oleksandr Pikhalyonok, Sergey Buletsa and Oleksiy Gutsulyak.

They will attend the national team camp late tonight. 7 players from Shakhtar Donetsk, A few hours ago, the charity friendly match with Croatian “Hajduk” (3:3) ended: Andriy Pyatov, Anatoly Trubin, Taras Stepanenko, Mykola Matvienko, Valery Bondar, Yefim Konoplya and Mikhail Mudrik.

Unfortunately, Victor Kornienko He received damage to his adductor muscle in the fight in question, which required a course of treatment. According to the agreement between the national team’s medical staff and FC Shakhtar, Viktor will remain under the supervision of club doctors.

Same time Mihail Mudrikhe’s going to Slovenia with other Donetsk teams, who are experiencing muscle spasms in today’s match: the national team doctors will examine the player on the spot and determine the complexity of the problem, which at the moment does not seem serious. .

To remember Sergey Krivtsov he is currently recovering from a broken shin and is currently unable to join his teammates.

He will join the national team camp on May 5 10 artists from Dynamowill play a charity match the previous day with Swiss “Basel” and Dnipro-1 striker Artem Dovbik, who is temporarily in Kiev. After that, all players of Ukrainian clubs, called by Oleksandr Petrakov, whose functional conditions allow them to work, will gather in Brdo. The list of players who played in foreign championships called up to the national team will be announced later.

List of players called up from Ukrainian clubs to the national team

goalkeepers: Georgy Bushchan (Dynamo Kyiv), Andriy Pyatov, Anatoly Trubin (both Shakhtar Donetsk), Dmytro Riznyk (Vorskla Poltava).

advocates: Oleksandr Karavaev, Ilya Zabarny, Oleksandr Sirota, Denis Popov (all – Dynamo Kyiv), Mykola Matvienko, Sergey Kryvtsov, Viktor Kornienko, Valeriy Bondar, Efim Konoplya (all – Shakhtar Donetsk).

midfielder: Taras Stepanenko, Mykhailo Mudryk (both – Shakhtar Donetsk), Serhiy Sidorchuk, Viktor Tsyhankov, Mykola Shaparenko, Vitaliy Buyalsky, Denis Garmash (all – Dinamo Kyiv), Serhiy Buletsa (Zorya Lugansk), Oleksandr Pikhalbolek, Aleksandr Pikhalbolek, Aleksandr Alexei “Dnepr-1”).

Further: Artem Dovbik (SC Dnepr-1), Artem Besedin (Dynamo Kyiv).