Yegor Nazarina: "Italy's game against North Macedonia was, so to say, decisive for us in nothing"

Half-defender of the Ukraine national team, Yehor Nazarina, shared his expectations for the decisive Euro 2024 qualifier match against Italy.

Yegor Nazarina: "Italy's game against North Macedonia was, so to say, decisive for us in nothing"

Photo by Pavel Kubanov

The blue-and-yellow team continues to prepare for their match against Italy and has already moved from Gdansk to Leverkusen, where the game will take place. The mood within the Ukrainian national team was shared by half-back Egor Nazarina.

"We completed a recovery session. After training, we are heading to Germany, where we will directly prepare for the match against Italy. Everyone is in good spirits, full of energy, preparing for an important game."

Of course, we watched the match Italy vs North Macedonia. What's crucial here isn't so much the result as how the opponents' team played. We will analyze this game, and the coaching staff will point out their strengths and weaknesses. We are preparing ourselves, hoping to show our best and achieve a positive outcome.

We focus on our own play. For us, it's important to secure a positive result and win. That match for us, so to speak, didn't decide anything.

I also watched the match between Ukraine's youth team and Luxembourg. Our boys are great, they won and are moving forward, so I wish them success and a top spot at Euro.

Recall that the match for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifiers between Ukraine and Italy will take place on November 20 in Leverkusen, Germany, at the BayArena (kickoff at 9:45 PM Kyiv time).