“We need to be ready for all options”: V. Gancharenko about the upcoming match with the national team of Finland

The head coach of the Belarusian national football team Viktor Gancharenko shared his thoughts before the meeting with the Finnish team in the League of Nations, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency reports.

The coach said that in the previous round, the Finns confidently beat rivals from San Marino (7: 0), as they acted aggressively, actively and with great desire. When a team is responsible for such fights, it always leads to such results. But that doesn't scare Belarusians. Even after a bad start in the tournament (losing to opponents from Albania 0: 2).

- We asked the team not to have a situation where we wait for what the opponent will offer without offering anything ourselves. Therefore, our task is to attack boldly with the ball. But at the same time, we need to be able to tolerate in defense. Therefore, in the upcoming game, you may have to attack and defend well. It can be a quick transition from defense to attack and back again. We must be ready for all options, said V. Gancharenko.

According to him, the option of the starting staff of the coaching staff is already available. But the final version will be issued on Tuesday (September 29). After all, there will be more training, as well as communication with doctors from the team.

Finland head coach Jakob Friis also shared his expectations for the upcoming duel:

- We are happy to be at home for the first time in a long time. The game in San Marino was good, but there was not much time to enjoy the result. Matches go one by one quickly. And now there are not two, as it was before, but four. Therefore, you need to find the right balance, using the best of what was in the previous match. Now we have a completely different opponent who plays in a very different way than San Marino. We will have a slightly different job, but we are focusing on ourselves and want to play successfully against a strong opponent.

Belarus and Finland will meet on September 29 at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki. Start at 19:00 Minsk time. The match will be shown live TV channel “Sport TV”. The Belarusians will play in a burgundy kit (goalkeeper - in a salad), their rivals - in white and blue equipment.

As of Monday, just over 5,000 tickets had been sold for the game. The capacity of the arena is more than 36 thousand spectators. The cost of wickets for the match starts from 26.5 euros for an adult and from 13.25 for children and adolescents (6-17 years). The price for tickets of higher categories is 55.5, as well as 68.5 and 81 euros.

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