Irina Kovaleva: Women's football in three words? Endurance, strength and beauty

Irina Kovaleva: Women's football in three words? Endurance, strength and beauty

In the eleventh output of our video brochers #1 # #EPYTANNYA ^ 1^ on club YouTube, in which the fans from social networks answered the football players and football players of FC Kryvbas. Irina Kovaleva.

- How was the Kryvbas <

- Defender Irina Kozub Team wrote to me that they were looking for a gravity for viewing that could strengthen the team. I came to view and stayed.

- Tell your first trainer.

- Coach - Tylindia Alexander - from my hometown. I have been engaged in him since childhood, about six or seven years old. He helped me a lot, showed examples of other players who inspired me. It was because of him that I loved football. We even call now - he is interested in how I am. I am very proud of me and I'm happy we keep in touch.

- What is your dream?

- my dream is to get back on your feet and help your family.

- past season in Kryvbas and < Your career?

- yes. This is my first experience of playing in the highest league. So I try to take the maximum - both in emotional, physical and psychological plans.

- Who was your childhood idol?

- Probably Messi. Now I treat all players differently-everyone is strong in their own way. Therefore, I have no idol, but Messi was the first. As a kid, he liked it because he was low in height and very smart.

- whom you most friendly from the family Kryvbas ?

- with Anna Avramenko, Milena Ivanchenko, Anastasia Vakulenko, Victoria Kalinchuk, Alexandra Chervinskaya, Daria Zaporozhets. With some of us from one area, we used to play together. With others, they just found common ground - perhaps because they are a little older than other girls in the team. In our young team it is easy to find common interests.

- What is the female national team strongest in the world?

- I do not follow other football teams, but when the national team plays Ukraine - I always look. I believe that our team is very strong and has the potential to play at an even higher level.

- Describe women's football in three words.

- endurance, strength and beauty.

- Where are you from? How did you start playing football?

- I am from the city of Dobropillya, Donetsk region. As a kid, I was like a little Messi. I really liked to play with the ball - any: basketball, tennis. I just liked to run. Then she started playing football, and I really liked it. She played in the first league for a cobra with Luhansk of the region. After the start of the war, she moved abroad and played there, and from there she had already got to Kryvbas.

- where do you see yourself in 15 years?

- I may be a businessman, or I will continue a football career and improve my skills. Let's see. If it's a business, then something is related to flowers. And if football - I want to get to the national team of Ukraine.

Press service of WFC "Kryvbas" Kryvyi Rih

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