Today, the Ukrainian youth team under the guidance of coaches Vasyl Kardeish and Oleksandr Melashchenko in an incomplete lineup departed from Kyiv to Lviv. There, players from Donetsk's "Shakhtar" and local "Rukh," who played a match in the national championship, will join the team. Tomorrow morning, the blue-and-yellow team will travel by bus to Warsaw, and from there they will fly to Turkey, where on March 24th in Belek they will play a friendly against Denmark (kickoff at 15:30 Kyiv time).

After this match, the Ukrainians will depart for Italy on March 25th, and on the 27th of the same month, they are scheduled to play an exhibition game in Reggio Calabria against the hosts (kickoff at 9:00 PM Kyiv time).

It should be noted that injured Vladyslav Vanat and Oleksandr Syrota, who was ill, will not participate in the training camp. Anton Bol has joined from the reserve list.

Before leaving for Poland, players of the Ukrainian youth team shared their emotions with the press service of the UAF.

Ruslan Neschyret

(goalkeeper of the Ukrainian youth team)

"We are ready to work with full dedication, as we have friendly matches against very strong opponents - Denmark and Italy. These will be very useful games before starting the European Championship."

Mikhail Mikhailenko

(halfback of the Ukrainian youth team)

"In upcoming friendly matches against Denmark and Italy, the Ukrainian youth team will strive to show an interesting game as always. At the same time, we will do everything possible to achieve a positive result."

Kostiantyn Vychcharenko

(defender of the Ukrainian youth team)

"For the Ukrainian youth team, matches against Denmark and Italy are essentially a general rehearsal before starting in the qualifying tournament for Euro, so we will prepare very seriously for these friendly games."

Composition of the Ukrainian Youth Team

Goalkeepers: Ruslan Neschyret ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Kiril Fesyun ("Kolos" Kovalyovka), Yakiv Kinareikin ("Dnipro-1" Dnipropetrovsk).

Defenders: Rostyslav Lyakh, Vitaliy Roman, Roman Dydyk (all - "Rukh" Lviv), Maxim Taloveyev (LASK, Austria), Kristian Bilowar (AEK Larnaca, Cyprus), Anton Bol, Kostiantyn Vychcharenko (both - "Dynamo" Kyiv), Arseniy Batagov ("Zorya" Luhansk), Oleksandr Drambaev ("Zulte Waregem", Belgium).

Halfbacks: Ivan Zhelizko ("Valmiera", Latvia), Valentyn Rubchinsky, Oleksandr Nazarenko (both - "Dnipro-1" Dnipropetrovsk), Volodymyr Brazychko, Maxim Khlyan (both - "Zorya" Luhansk), Mykola Mikhailenko ("Oleksandria"), Oleksiy Kashchuk ("Sabah", Azerbaijan), Oleg Ochereteyko, Dmitro Krisykiv (both - "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Maxim Bragaru ("Chornomorets" Odessa).

Forwards: Bogdan Vyunnyk ("Graz AK", Austria), Danylo Sykan ("Shakhtar" Donetsk), Mykhailo Kukharevich ("Hibernian", Scotland).

We remind you that this year the Ukrainian youth team will participate in the final tournament of Euro-2023 (U-21). In total, 16 teams will take part in the forum taking place from June 21 to July 8 in Georgia and Romania. According to the draw results held on October 18 last year in Bucharest, blue-and-yellow team ended up in Group B, where they will face Romania, Spain, and Croatia. The three best teams of Euro-2023 (excluding France and England) will receive tickets to the 2024 Olympics.