League of Nations-2022/2023. Armenia — Ukraine — 0:5 (text commentary)
Today in Yerevan, at Republican Stadium, the Ukraine national team will meet Armenia's team in their fifth match of the 2022/2023 Nations League (kickoff — 4:00 PM Kyiv time).
Photo of Grigory Grigoryan
Today in Yerevan at Republican Stadium the Ukraine national team will face Armenia in their fifth match of the 2022/2023 Nations League (kickoff - 4 PM Kyiv time). As a reminder, blue-and-yellow hold second place in Group A of Division B, where they compete alongside teams from Ireland, Scotland, and Armenia. According to the rules, the team with the most points will qualify for the next round.
The Ukraine national team will play today's match in yellow kits, while the Armenian team will wear red kits.
The time has come for the state anthem of Armenia. Along with the players on the home team, fans at the stadium are singing as well.
The Ukrainian national anthem is sounding! Our footballers are singing Slavutych, wrapped in their country's flags!
It’s time to meet the teams on the football field now! Football players from Armenia and Ukraine have come out of the Yerevan arena's under-the-stands area and lined up for the national anthems!
10,000 tickets were sold for this match as of morning. This is at a capacity of 14,500 for Yerevan’s Republican Stadium. So the crowd did not miss today's football event, and it will be an additional pressure on the Ukrainians from the home fans.
Alexander Petrakov turned to a large-scale rotation after Ukraine's loss to Scotland. 11 (!) new players appeared in the starting lineup for the match against Armenia. After disqualification, defender Illia Zabarnyi returned. Defender Vitaliy Mykolenko recovered from injury. And midfielder Serhiy Sydorchuk will lead the team into the game.
The temperature is 26 degrees Celsius in Yerevan. Great weather for football, which won't hinder the players of both teams from demonstrating their skills on the field.
A match in which Ukraine's national team cannot afford to make a mistake. Today, the Ukrainian team must win against Armenia and earn three points so that they have a chance to compete for first place with Scotland in their final home game.
Hello, dear fans! Today, the national football team of Ukraine will play a UEFA Nations League match against the Armenian team.
Starting lineup for Armenia: 1. David Yurchenko, 2. Andriy Chalishir, 5. Artak Grigoryan, 7. Horen Bayramyan, 10. Lucas Selarayan, 11. Tigran Barsgian, 15. Garey Mkoian (c), 19. Oganis Ambartsumyan, 20. Artak Dashyan, 22. Jirair Margaryan, 23. Vahan Bichakhchyan.
Substitutes: 3. Stepan Mkrtychyan, 4. Taron Voskanyan, 6. Jordi Monroy, 8. Karen Muradyan, 9. Artur Serobyan, 12. Stanislav Buchnev, 13. Seroj Galstyan, 14. Oganis Arutynyan, 16. Arsen Beglaryan, 17. Ako Akopyan, 18. Jirair Shagoyan, 21. Sergei Mkrtychyan.
Starting lineup for Ukraine: 12. Andriy Lunin, 19. Taras Kachaраба, 4. Serhiy Krivtsov, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 14. Danylo Ignatienko, 5. Serhiy Sydorchuk (c), 18. Oleksandr Tymchyk, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 9. Roman Yaremchuk.
Substitutes: 1. Yevhen Volynets, 2. Valeriy Bondar, 3. Bohdan Mykhailichenko, 6. Taras Stepanenko, 7. Andriy Yarmolenko, 8. Ruslan Malinovskyy, 10. Mykola Mudryk, 11. Artem Dovbyk, 17. Oleksandr Pichalnyk, 21. Oleksandr Karavaev, 22. Maksym Matviyenko, 23. Dmitro Riznyk.
Ukraine's national team roster for the match against Armenia (by numbers)
1. Yevhen Volynets, 2. Valeriy Bondar, 3. Bohdan Mykhailichenko, 4. Serhiy Krivtsov, 5. Serhiy Sydorchuk, 6. Taras Stepanenko, 7. Andriy Yarmolenko, 8. Ruslan Malinovskyy, 9. Roman Yaremchuk, 10. Mykola Mudryk, 11. Artem Dovbyk, 12. Andriy Lunin, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 14. Danylo Ignatienko, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 17. Oleksandr Pichalnyk, 18. Oleksandr Tymchyk, 19. Taras Kachaраба, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 21. Oleksandr Karavaev, 22. Maksym Matviyenko, 23. Dmitro Riznyk.
Of the players who are on the training camp, midfielder Eduard Sarapiy did not make it to the roster.
