Tuesday morning saw tactical training sessions for the blue-and-yellow team — separately for defensive and attacking lines. In the evening, what was said by the coaches had to be put into practice — in game series.

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In the evening session, 22 players participated. Due to minor injuries, Vitaliy Mykolenko and Viktor Kovalenko missed training. Both have slight strains in their adductor muscles. Vitaliy, who felt discomfort at the 80th minute of the Everton match but still played until the end, today several times walked around the field with a ball, then watched his teammates' work alongside physiotherapists and doctors. Viktor Kovalenko also felt pain in his leg during the club game and yesterday had an issue with his leg during training with the national team — this session the half-back did not finish. Today, Kovalenko stayed at the hotel. An MRI will be done tomorrow to determine the extent of the injury. Even if neither Mykolenko nor Kovalenko can play tomorrow, they hope to recover for the next match.

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Meanwhile, the rest of the boys are preparing for the game and fully committing to embodying the spirit that our heroes on the front lines transmit to the Ukrainian nation by liberating one of our towns or villages at a time. Players constantly emphasize that defenders of our country motivate them to give their all on the football field. Despite the large number of injured players, the team assures they are ready to play both for themselves and for those boys who cannot participate in tomorrow's match against Scotland due to injuries and suspensions, so as to gift both our soldiers and all Ukrainians a few hours of positive mood.

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Ukraine National Team Roster

Goalkeepers: Dmytro Ryndzak («Vorskla» Poltava), Andriy Lunin («Real Madrid», Spain), Anatoliy Trubin («Shakhtar» Donetsk), Yevhen Volynets («Kolos» Kovalivka).

Defenders: Oleksandr Karavaev, Oleksandr Tymchyk, Illia Zabarnyi (all — «Dynamo» Kyiv), Mykhailo Matviyenko, Serhiy Kravtsov, Valeriy Bondar, Bohdan Mykhaylichenko (all — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Vitaliy Mykolenko («Everton», England), Taras Kachariaba («Slavia», Czech Republic).

Midfielders: Taras Stepanenko, Mykhailo Mudryk, Oleksandr Zubkov (all — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Serhiy Sydorchuk, Viktor Tsygankov (both — «Dynamo» Kyiv), Oleksandr Pichalenko (SK «Dnipro-1» Dnipropetrovsk), Andriy Yarmolenko («Al-Ain», UAE), Ruslan Malinovs'kyi («Atalanta», Italy), Viktor Kovalenko («Spezia», Italy), Danylo Ignatenko («Bordeaux», France).

Forwards: Roman Yaremchuk («Brugge», Belgium), Artem Dovbyk (SK «Dnipro-1» Dnipropetrovsk).

Reserves: Artem Besedin («Dynamo» Kyiv), Oleksii Hutsulyak, Eduard Sarapiy (both — SK «Dnipro-1» Dnipropetrovsk), Yegor Nazarina («Zorya» Luhansk).

Oleksandr Hlyvinets', press secretary of the national team