PHOTO. The Ukrainian team returned to Kiev and held a training session

After receiving a positive result at the start of the team in France (1: 1), the Ukrainian team returned from the warm spring of Paris to cooler weather conditions in their homeland.

After arriving in Kiev, the national team spent literally two hours in the afternoon at the Opera Hotel and headed for the afternoon training session, which, like the first two at the beginning of the training camp in the Ukrainian capital, It took place in the field of the NTC that bears the name V. Bannikov. The 29 players who were in the blue-yellow position participated in the lesson; today Artem Dovbik has met with the national team, who trained individually while the team flew to France.

Boys traditionally spent their post-game training in different groups: players from the starting lineup from yesterday’s game trained with fitness trainer Ivan Bashtov, the rest (including three substitutes) worked with Andrea Azzalin. Yesterday after the game, this group had a half-hour intensive lesson at the Stade de France under the guidance of an Italian specialist: the coaching staff makes sure that the entire squad is in good shape.

Today, in training, series of games were held, which allow footballers to do the necessary amount of work. And tomorrow will begin the direct preparation for the second match of the training camp in March, against the Finnish team. During the day, the interpreters will have a theoretical lesson and at night they will elaborate the game schemes proposed by the coaching staff on the well-known NTK lawn. V. Bannikov. There are three days left to play with the Finns.

PHOTO. The Ukrainian team returned to Kiev and held a training session