The women's national team of Ukraine, the team of Luis Cortes, played a friendly match with Portugal yesterday. In the presence of more than 20 spectators in Porto, our team deservedly faced a powerful opponent.
The result of the match was made in the first half. The hosts of the field were able to punish the yellow and blue team twice for defensive mistakes. Jessica Silva scored a double. In the second half of the game, the audience did not see any goals. 0:2 - the Ukrainian team lost to a participant of the future World Championship, which will start at the end of July in Australia.
As for the representatives of Kryvbas, they all got playing time in the match. Polina Yanchuk appeared at the start from the first minutes, several times threatened the opponent's goal with long shots and in general was one of the most active in the attack of the yellow-blue team. At the 71st minute, she was replaced by Inna Hlushchenko.
She appeared in the same slot on the field Diana Semkiv. At the 81st minute, I entered the game Irina Kochneva.
For Polina and Dayana, this match was the debut for the main national team. Congratulations to the girls on such an important event! All victories are yet to come!
Press service of women's FC "Kryvbas" Kryvyi Rih