Fall weather - mild: after two warm days in Prague, it started to drizzle again. However, the temperature did not drop too much — 19 degrees is still warm for mid-October.

Photo by Pavel Kubanov

Today's program for the national team included theory in the morning and practice in the evening. After a warm-up that also included ball exercises, the blue-and-yellow team worked on many game series. There was work on short sprints, finishing attacks, and passing accuracy. Head coach Serhiy Rebrov continues to pay much attention to tactics as they prepare for the match against North Macedonia.

Photo by Pavel Kubanov

Today, 25 players worked in the main group. Denys Popov, who is still working individually, is already doing sprint exercises, so his rehabilitation is on schedule. Today's training at Strahov Stadium was the fifth consecutive session for the Ukrainians. Tomorrow, the national team will change pitches as they will hold an official training session at Epet Arena, where the qualification match against Macedonia will take place on Saturday (kick-off at 16:00 Kyiv time).

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Tomorrow, the blue-and-yellow team will start their evening session at 17:00 local time (the first 15 minutes of training will be open for media). Half an hour before the start of training, head coach Serhiy Rebrov and one of the players will meet with journalists in the arena's conference room.

Photo by Pavel Kubanov

Ukraine National Team Roster

Goalkeepers: Georgii Bushchan ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Anatoliy Trubin ("Benfica" Lisbon, Portugal), Dmytro Ryshnyk ("Shakhtar" Donetsk).

Defenders: Mykhailo Matviienko, Yurym Konoplyan (both — "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Denys Popov, Oleksandr Karavaev (both — "Dynamo" Kyiv), Oleksandr Svytok ("Dnipro-1" Dnipropetrovsk), Vitalii Mykolenko ("Everton" Liverpool, England), Illia Zabarnyi ("Bournemouth", England), Serhiy Krivtsov ("Inter Miami", USA), Bohdan Mikhaylichenko ("Dinamo" Zagreb, Croatia).

Midfielders: Vitalii Buyalskyi ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Taras Stepanenko, Oleksandr Zubkov, Georgii Sudakov, Yegor Nazarina (all — "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Oleksandr Pikhaylonok ("Dnipro-1" Dnipropetrovsk), Oleksandr Zinchenko ("Arsenal" London, England), Mykhailo Mudryk ("Chelsea" London, England), Serhiy Sidorchuk ("Waasland-Beveren", Belgium), Ruslan Malinovs'kyi ("Genoa" Genoa, Italy).

Forwards: Roman Yaremchuk ("Valencia", Spain), Artem Dovbyk ("Girona", Spain), Vladyslav Vanat ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Nazarii Rusyn ("Sunderland", England).

In reserve: Oleksandr Timchik ("Dynamo" Kyiv).

Oleksandr Hlyvinsky, press secretary of the national team