Yesterday, the blue-and-yellow team traveled a long distance from Ukraine to Marbella and also conducted recovery training. Oleksandr Karavaev shared his impressions of the beginning of the preparatory process.

"22 hours on the road? We always travel like this, so we're used to it. You get on a train, chat for three or four hours, eat something, then go to sleep. At 4 am you wake up, they check your passport, and then you rest for an hour again. Then it's a bus, a plane, another bus — everything as usual."

After the journey, it is not recommended to lie down in bed to rest. After such an exhausting trip, it is essential to do a run, squares, that is, physical exercises. Work out for about an hour — and then you can recover.

I've been repeating for more than eight years now that when you arrive at the national team, there's a very good, cheerful, and positive atmosphere because we are one family. We always look forward to gathering both in terms of sports achievements and success, as well as in terms of talking with boys whom we haven't seen for a long time, usually those who play abroad. They are not currently in the lineup, but they will soon arrive, and there will be even more emotions.

Of course, everyone wants to play. Here come together the best ones, and all of them compete with each other," — Oleksandr Karavaev said.

Reminder: The semi-final match of the Euro 2024 qualification playoff Bosnia and Herzegovina — Ukraine will take place on March 21 in Zenica and start at 21:45 Kyiv time.