Subject: [U21] Friendly schedule

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On week 15 we will be playing a match with current U19 squad. That means it would be a match of fresh 20yo players... It may have been confusing a bit so I have rather cleared it up with the coach of Guatemala :)

New season is coming so I've tried to schedule some friendly matches for us... Unfortunately I have still two weeks left:

Friendlies
Week 3: Czech Republic (U?) vs Cyprus (U21)
Week 7: Senegal U21 vs Cyprus U21
Week 11: Bosnia U20 vs Cyprus U21
Week 14: Canada U21 vs Cyprus U21
Week 15: free
Week 0: free

Friendlies for next season
Week 1: Slovakia U20 vs Cyprus U20/U21 (jezo) - confirmed
Week 2: Ecuador U21 (tojosmarce) - confirmed
Week 3: Scotland U21 (JM3875) - confirmed
Week 4: Island U21 (Sigur) - confirmed
Week 5: Wales U21 (Lostprophets) - confirmed
Week 6: Costa Rica U20 vs Cyprus U20 (Ragnarok)
Week 7: Portugal U20 vs Cyprus U20/U21 (BAN...) - confirmed
Week 8: Switzerland U20 vs Cyprus (age average below 20.5) (SlamTam) - confirmed
Week 9: Bolivia 5xU20 + 6xU21 vs Cyprus 5xU20 + 6xU21 (Javier) - confirmed
Week 10: Greece U20 vs Cyprus U21 (jimidos) - confirmed
Week 11: Poland U19 vs Cyprus U20 + 3 U21 players (Tytus) - confirmed
Week 12: Cuba (both team will use 3 U21 players, 3 U20 players and 4 U19 players) (rbrennes) - confirmed
Week 13: Finland U20 vs Cyprus U21 (Mysi) - confirmed
Week 14: France U20 vs Cyprus U21 (PhiPhi) - confirmed
Week 15: Serbia U20 vs Cyprus U21 (Kobra 79) - confirmed
Week 0: Belarus U21 vs Cyprus U21 (fellipefaria) - confirmed

Moreover I have to look for friendly for this week as Singapore had problem with the arrangement. The invitation they sent to Macedonia remained active even though it was already after the time the match should have been played and Macedonia accepted it then.
I've sent few invitations and we will see who will accept it (hopefully ;)) - eg. New Zealand, Guatemala or Scotland.
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Are you satisfied with the opponents so far? :) I've tried to find some interesting opponents that are mostly higher in ranking than we are. I hope that we are ready to face them and even ready to to fight hard :) Still 6 matches to go though...

And I forgot to mention that tomorrow we will play against strong NT of Norway... (but I guess you've noticed that anyway ;))

i think it is ok, maybe you could arrange also some U19 matches. try to check opponent quality first so we dont play with someone who is better. But you know that, ranking is the most important thing in such season
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My opinion is to play against teams above 15 place(U19) so even we lost or draw we will get many points...48th place is our target and not only our dream...

Yes I know that... I am trying to fix some U19 matches as well. Unfortunately many opponents do not want to play that. We will see what I manage to find for that remaining 6 places :) I hope some U19/U20 match will be there too :)

Well, it's a good idea to play against stronger teams. I've tried to find such teams. There aren't many teams in the first 15 that would be that interesting for us. But I have tried to ask Poland for some handicap match against us ;) Yes, the 48th place could be possible - even though it will be a challenge :) But I do like challenges ;)

Well, I am almost done :) There is just one friendly that has to be confirmed. I am quite happy with the friendly schedule as we will be able to see matches against decent opponents where we shouldn't be just spectating (at least I hope so ;)) I hope you are happy with it too :)

Friendlies for next season
Week 1: Slovakia U20 vs Cyprus U20/U21 (jezo) - confirmed
Week 2: Ecuador U21 (tojosmarce) - confirmed
Week 3: Scotland U21 (JM3875) - confirmed
Week 4: Island U21 (Sigur) - confirmed
Week 5: Wales U21 (Lostprophets) - confirmed
Week 6: Norway U2 (Kaffedivaen) - confirmed
Week 7: Portugal U20 vs Cyprus U20/U21 (BAN...) - confirmed
Week 8: Switzerland U20 vs Cyprus (age average below 20.5) (SlamTam) - confirmed
Week 9: Bolivia 5xU20 + 6xU21 vs Cyprus 5xU20 + 6xU21 (Javier) - confirmed
Week 10: Greece U20 vs Cyprus U21 (jimidos) - confirmed
Week 11: Poland U19 vs Cyprus U20 + 3 U21 players (Tytus) - confirmed
Week 12: Cuba (both team will use 3 U21 players, 3 U20 players and 4 U19 players) (rbrennes) - confirmed
Week 13: Finland U20 vs Cyprus U21 (Mysi) - confirmed
Week 14: France U20 vs Cyprus U21 (PhiPhi) - confirmed
Week 15: Serbia U20 vs Cyprus U21 (Kobra 79) - confirmed
Week 0: Belarus U21 vs Cyprus U21 (fellipefaria) - confirmed

Ragnarok has left us away without saying anything so I had to find a different friendly for week 6. We will play once again against Norway. I hope that this was the last change in the list :)