During today's evening training session, the coaching staff devoted a lot of time to ball technique, with ball control and passing once again being at the center of attention.

The team has entered an active phase of preparation for their upcoming match against Germany. The main focus was on refining tactical elements of the playing model that coach Serhiy Rebrov is preparing for the game.

Photo by Pavel Kubanov

Tomorrow, the Ukrainians will conduct an official training session at the «Weserstadion» (start time - 5 PM local time). The first 15 minutes will be open to media. Prior to the session, the head coach and one of the national team players will meet with representatives of the press in a press conference format.

Photo by Pavel Kubanov

Ukraine National Team Roster

Goalkeepers: Georgiy Bushchan («Dynamo» Kyiv), Anatoliy Trubin («Shakhtar» Donetsk), Andriy Lunin («Real Madrid», Spain).

Defenders: Mykola Matviyenko, Valeriy Bondar, Yurii Konoplyanik (all — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Oleksandr Tymchyk («Dynamo» Kyiv), Oleksandr Svatok (SK «Dnipro-1» Dnipropetrovsk), Vitaliy Mykolenko («Everton» Liverpool, England), Illia Zabarny («Bournemouth», England), Eduard Sobolev («Strasbourg», France), Serhiy Krivtsov («Inter Miami», USA).

Midfielders: Taras Stepanenko, Oleksandr Zubkov, Georgiy Sudakov (all — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Serhiy Sydorchuk, Vitaliy Buyalskyi (both — «Dynamo» Kyiv), Oleksandr Pichalenko (SK «Dnipro-1» Dnipropetrovsk), Andriy Yarmolenko («Al-Ain», UAE), Ruslan Malinovskiy («Olympique Marseille», France), Viktor Tsygankov («Girona», Spain), Mykhailo Mudryk («Chelsea» London, England), Danylo Ignatenko («Bordeaux», France), Vladyslav Kochergin («Rakow» Czestochowa, Poland).

Forwards: Artem Dovbyk (SK «Dnipro-1» Dnipropetrovsk), Vladyslav Vannat («Dynamo» Kyiv), Nazariy Rusin («Zorya» Luhansk).

Oleksandr Hlyvinets, press secretary of the national team