Ukraine’s U16 national team (players born in 2011) is taking part in an international football tournament held in Side, Türkiye, at the end of October. On Wednesday, October 28, the team coached by Oleksandr Sytnyk played the first of three scheduled friendly matches. Their opponents were their Portuguese counterparts.
The match ended goalless in regular time, with the score at 0:0, and Ukraine proved more accurate in the penalty shootout, winning 5:4. Varyvoda made his only save during Portugal’s first penalty kick.
Three of the four Dynamo players called up for the training camp took part in the match. All three came on in the second half. Midfielder Dmytro Varvaruk entered the game in the 57th minute but was substituted in the 86th minute. His fellow midfielder Nazar Kravchuk came on in the 75th minute, while defender Tymofii Berezhnyi joined the action towards the end of the match, coming on as a substitute in the 86th minute.
Another representative of our club, goalkeeper Maksym Litynskyi, was included in the matchday squad but remained on the bench.
It should be noted that two more friendly matches will take place on October 31 and November 3. The opponents will be determined later. It is currently known that in their next match, our players will face the winner of the Türkiye–Switzerland tie.
Football Federations Cup U16 friendly tournament
October 28. Emir Hotels Sports Complex
Portugal – Ukraine – 0:0 (on penalties 4:5)
Ukraine (U16): Varyvoda, Pavlinov, Lapunov (c), Semenov, Boniuk (Berezhnіy, 86), Bohatyrov (Varvaruk, 57; Nahaіets, 86), Volohdin (Kravchuk, 75), Rudin (Zamorskyi, 57), Drozd (Kopytchak, 57), Kochura (Hnatko, 75), Chmelov (Zhukov, 75).
Photo: UAF
