Today in Milan at the «San Siro» stadium, Ukraine's national team will play an away match in the Euro-2024 qualification group C against Italy (kickoff - 9:45 PM Kyiv time).

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Starting lineup for Ukraine's national team: 1. Georgiy Bushchan, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 4. Serhiy Kryvtsov, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 2. Yurym Konoplia, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 6. Taras Stepanenko, 7. Andriy Yarmolenko (c), 8. Georgiy Sudakov, 11. Artem Dovbyk.

Substitutes: 3. Bohdan Mykhailichenko, 5. Serhiy Sydorchuk, 9. Roman Yaremchuk, 10. Mykhaylo Mudryk, 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 14. Vitaliy Buyalskyi, 18. Vladyslav Vanat, 19. Denys Popov, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 21. Oleksandr Karavaev, 22. Yegor Nazarina, 23. Andriy Lunin.

Of the players currently in the camp of Ukraine's national team, Mykola Matviienko and Oleksandr Pichalnok did not make the squad.

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In the last 10 matches at «San Siro», the «Squadra Azzurra» surprisingly won only three games.

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The broadcast of today's match will air on local public television channels and on the MEGOGO media service channel «Football First».

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The match will be covered by 90 accredited journalists and 52 photographers. Two television companies will broadcast the game. There will be 12 TV commentator positions and six positions for radio commentators.

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At the Milan «San Siro» stadium, where today's match will take place, Ukraine's national team has not yet played. However, in Italy, the blue and yellow have already played in five cities...

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As of the morning of September 12, 52,500 tickets for the match have been sold, with 2,334 purchased by Ukrainians who will be in a separate sector of the arena. Sales to visiting fans have stopped, while general sales continue until kickoff.

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Our opponent today, the Italian team, is ranked eighth in the FIFA ranking published on July 20. Ukraine's national team, as a reminder, was placed at number 24.

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Today, our team took a 20-minute walk through the Parco di Trenno park near the hotel where the blue and yellow are staying.

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The reason why Mykola Matviienko did not make the squad for today's match is due to an aggravated chronic Achilles tendon issue. Yesterday, the player completed all training at «San Siro», but his chronic problem does not allow him to be fully prepared for the game.

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Today's Euro-2024 qualifier match between Italy and Ukraine will be the ninth in history.

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Today's match, Ukraine will play in yellow kit. The Italian team will wear blue.

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In our group C, another match will take place today in Ta' Qali, where Malta will host North Macedonia (kickoff - 9:45 PM Kyiv time).

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Ukraine's squad for the match against Italy

1. Georgiy Bushchan, 2. Yurym Konoplia, 3. Bohdan Mykhailichenko, 4. Serhiy Kryvtsov, 5. Serhiy Sydorchuk, 6. Taras Stepanenko, 7. Andriy Yarmolenko, 8. Georgiy Sudakov, 9. Roman Yaremchuk, 10. Mykhaylo Mudryk, 11. Artem Dovbyk, 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 14. Vitaliy Buyalskyi, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 18. Vladyslav Vanat, 19. Denys Popov, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 21. Oleksandr Karavaev, 22. Yegor Nazarina, 23. Andriy Lunin.

Of the players currently in camp with Ukraine's national team, Mykola Matviienko and Oleksandr Pichalnok did not make the squad.