Taras Stepanenko. Photo: ffu.ua
Ukraine midfielder Taras Stepanenko has shared expectations from a guest match against Portugal.
– It is clear that we have a task to reach the final of the European championship. So it turns out that we start the selection for Euro 2020 with the most formidable opponent – the national team of Portugal.
I think that will be a tough match, so we need to prepare well and now all the thoughts directed at the game in Lisbon.
The coaching staff and all the players will do everything possible to achieve in the first game of a positive result.
– Portugal is not only Cristiano Ronaldo?
We all know which players represent this team. Their players play in top Championships, but more specifically and thoroughly we learn information about our opponents from the coaching staff of our team. All these days will be devoted to the study of the strengths and weaknesses of our opponent.
– Will Portugal the advantage in the physical condition, given the fact that the Ukrainian League has only recently resumed after the winter break?
– I think not. We have also played enough matches, they were playing in European competitions, so it is unlikely that in this aspect they will have an advantage. Here is to it is that that the players of the national team of Portugal playing in clubs and in the Championships with higher intensity than in our Premier League.
Most importantly, to sustain the tempo at which to play European football.
zbirna.com