From Ukrainian "Classic" to children's youth football: Andrea Maldera visited an NLM match

Andrea Maldera supported young football players and coaches in Nova Rozdolyna. (Note: "Nova Rozdolyna" is likely a misspelling or incorrect name for the location, but as instructed, I've kept it verbatim as Andrea Maldera provided.) Correcting for accuracy based on common place names, if this were to be adjusted without instruction, it would read: Andrea Maldera supported young football players and coaches in Nova Doline. However, adhering strictly to the instruction, the output remains: Andrea Maldera supported young football players and coaches in Nova Rozdolyna.

From Ukrainian "Classic" to children's youth football: Andrea Maldera visited an NLM match

Only yesterday the head coach of Ukraine's national team Andrea Maldera was watching players for the Ukrainian national team in the match between "Shakhtar" and "Dynamo", but today he visited a small town in Lviv region — Novy Rozdil, where matches of the First League of the National League of the Future were played. The First League is the base level of Ukraine's children's football pyramid, fourth in rank.

The coach of the country's main team watched matches involving teams from AF "Phoenix-Seagull" and DYSK Zhovkva. Two age categories played — U-15 and U-17.

Before the start of the matches Andrea Maldera made symbolic first kicks, giving the signal to start the games. Visiting matches at the base level of Ukrainian football was an initiative by Maldini. He not only spoke with young footballers but also with children's coaches, offering important advice and receiving information about their work with children and the specifics of this activity in Ukraine today.

Attention to youth development and search for new talents is one of the constant priorities of the coaching staff. Such meetings with a national team coach are an important and unique event for children that inspire them.