“Pavlychenko remembered the appointment of Petrakov to the national team: ‘Pavlyuchenko wanted the best. Rebrov was supposed to come – he didn’t'”

Former Ukrainian coach Vitaliy Kvartsyany commented on the appointment of Oleksandr Petrakov as the head coach of the Ukrainian national team in 2021.

Vitaliy Kvartsyany admitted that UAF hoped for the arrival of Sergei Rebrov in 2021, but, in the end, they had to appoint Oleksandr Petrakov as the coach of the Ukrainian national team.

“We approved Petrakov at half past one in the Executive Committee. “It’s enough, it’s enough, it’s enough, Rebrov doesn’t want it.”

Pavelko wants the best. Executive Committee members want the best. There was talk, Rebrov was supposed to come, but he didn’t. We still don’t know what happened to Shevchenko. They know – I don’t know,” said Kvartsyany in an interview with Brutal Soccer.

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The Ukrainian national team will start its training camp on June 8 in Bremen. On June 12, blue-yellow will play a friendly match with the German team, and on June 16 and 19 – qualifying matches for Euro 2024 against Macedonia and Malta in Skopje and Slovakia Trnava, respectively.

• Petrakov led the Ukrainian national team from August 2021 to December 2022, but did not qualify for the Qatari Mundial and did not win the National League group.
• In 2019, the Ukrainian youth team (U-20) under the leadership of Alexander Vasilyevich became the world champion.
• In January of this year, Petrakov was appointed head coach of the Armenian national team.
• Sergei Rebrov should be presented as the coach of our team on May 30.