Ukraine U18 − Czech Republic 0:1
On Monday, April 26, Ukraine Under-18 team lost their starting match at Slovakia Cup international tournament. The solitary goal of the game came on 53 minutes.
The tournament features, except competitors of this match and hosts, Italy, Belgium, Russia, Denmark and Croatia. All eight teams are divided into two groups. Seven-placed, fifth-placed and third-placed teams along with the winner will be fixed in play-offs. Slovakia Cup is regarded by Oleksandr Golovko’s team as one of the stages of preparation to the 2011 UEFA European Under-18 championship qualifying that kicks off in October.
Slovakia Cup (Slovakia, April 26-30)
Group À. Croatia. Slovakis, Russia, Belgium
Group Â. Italy, Ukraine, Denmark, Czech Republic.
April 26. Ukraine − Czech Republic − 0:1, Italy − Denmark − 2:1.
April 27. Ukraine − Italy, Czech Republic − Denmark.
April 29. Ukraine − Denmark, Italy − Czech Republic.
April 30. Play-offs.
Ukraine squad:
Goalkeepers: Yevgen Galchuk, Mykyta Shevchenko (both from FC Shakhtar Dontesk);
defender: Anton Bratkov, Dmytro Ryzhuk (both from FC Dynamo Kyiv), Maksym Ilchysh (FC Vorskla Poltava), Oleksandr Nasonov, Yevgen Nepliakh (both from FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Viktor Chumak (FC Karpaty Lviv);
midfielders: Ruslan Babenko (FC Dnipro), Oleksandr Noyok, Oleksandr Karavaiev (both from FC Shakhtar), Igor Ozarkiv (FC Karpaty), Vitaliy Riabushko (FC Dynamo), Andriy Tsurikov (FC Metalurh Zaporizhia), Artem Shabanov (FC Arsenal Kyiv);
forwards: Pylyp Budkivskiy (FC Shakhtar), Khamid Yasin (FC Metalurh Donetsk), Yuriy Yakovenko (FC Arsenal).
