Mykhaylichenko: “You Must Have The Desire To Play.”

Well with Fedoriv there is defenitly a problem with his background. The russian football league is just a piece of shit. With every player each club makes a big problem, as soon as he plays for Ukraine. There’s also big disappointment that Russia can’t by our Fedoriv to play for Russia because he already played 15 min last year against Cyprus. We see these problems all the time. They were already when Kalinichenko still played in Moscow, they’re with Luhachov who plays now in Moscow and they are and will be with Fedoriv. It seems that Russian clubs just have a problem with Ukrainians in general. Normally it is like this: The FA of a country sends a fax to the managment of a club to ask for a player. The club has to send a confirmation back: Variant A, the player will come to the national team, Variant B, the player won’t come to the national team BECAUSE… In Fedorivs case happened now the same as last fall. Amkar Perm just didn’t do anything. They didn’t send any fax back to de FA of Ukraine. They didn’t inform anybody about Fedorivs injury although it’s their duty. I hope in future the FA of Ukraine will ignore Amkar Perm and has direct contacts with Fedoriv himself. That he doesn’t want to play for his country it’s just a nonsense. He played in several youth teams of Ukraine, played for the A team against Cyprus and he also knows that already several clubs from the top leagues want to buy him,. To Play in the national team it isn’t just a duty, it is also a good advertisement for the player himself. I hope in the next friendly game at the end of March he will be fully healthy in Kyiv, training with his fellows. By the way: Fedoriv currently has a medical check up in… KYIV. I don’t think that he can leave Kyiv again without talking with the FA of Ukraine.

To talk about the two friendly games, I would like to see offensive football and most important: 2 STRIKERS¨! Ukraine already showed several times that they’re not able to play with one striker (croatia/cyprus).

I would also let the players play the whole game, with almost no substitutions.

To the game against Slovakia I wouldn’t let the “A” team play. I expect a line up like:

Shovkovksy

Shevchuk—-Rusol—–Mandziuk—-Nesmachniy (to subsitute after 60 min)

Valajev—–Levchenko

Voronin——————–Rotan

Devich——-Selezniov

For the game against Serbia / Cyprus:

Piatov

Pashaev—–Chihrynskyy—Mikhalik—-Nesmachny

Tymoshchuk

Kravchenko——————————Kalynychenko

Aliev

Homeniuk——————–Milevsky

I just hope we get to meet in the final, both teams need the experience in the upcoming qualifiers. It should really be an interesting game to watch, but let’s not think ahead of the semis – Cyprus and Slovakia aren’t such bad teams, either. Anyway, good luck and may we meet in a few days time.

Nikola: and so it shall be. I know Marko Devic is excited to face Serbia!

Marko: unfortunately it happens all too often. Players tend to prioritize, and for many their club career, and sometimes even their personal life comes first. Shevchenko pulled out of camp because he supposedly had a tooth ache and flew to London to treat it. Really Sheva? Couldn’t find a dentist in Italy? Or are you afraid of the drill and need your wife there to hold your hand? But I digress… Fedoriv was more concerned with appeasing Amkar and making his transfer permanent than showing up for a national team friendly. It is no surprise Mykhaylichenko did not let this slide as he is known to hold grudges. Mykhaylichenko and Aliyev were on the outs for a long time after Саша послал его на хуй, but eventually Aliyev was forgiven and will be a fixture in the national team for a long time. In the end talent comes above all.

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Well we won 1-0 against Serbia, Nazarenko scored, hes been scoring a lot for us lately,\.

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Yeah I was actually able to watch the Serbia match. The Nazarenko goal was sweet, a half volley into the top corner from 30 yards out. I’ll get a post up sometime tomorrow.

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