Strength coach Vitaliy Kuliba proposed a complex of exercises aimed at improving flexibility and joint mobility, as well as activating stabilizing muscles. This work is necessary both for injury prevention and to prepare physically for the evening training session.

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In fact, the Wednesday practice session was the first on this camp where all called-up players could participate simultaneously. During previous training sessions, players worked in different groups to level their functional state.

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Today, after a run and warm-up, the team practiced passing with shots on goal. Various combinations were played out to deliver the ball into attacking zones.

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The main part of the training was tactical, focusing on game schemes against Italy. Through game series with a tactical focus, Serhiy Rebrov and his coaching staff are conducting targeted preparation for the decisive match.

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Tomorrow's match against Gdansk Lechia, which will take place at the city arena, will continue this training process. This meeting has a purely preparatory status and will be held behind closed doors.

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Ukraine National Team Roster

Goalkeepers: Georgiy Bushchan («Dynamo» Kyiv), Anatoliy Trubin («Benfica» Lisbon, Portugal), Dmytro Ryshnyk («Shakhtar» Donetsk).

Defenders: Mykhailo Matviienko, Yurym Konoplyanka, Valeriy Bondar (all — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Oleksandr Tymchyk, Vladyslav Dubynchak (both — «Dynamo» Kyiv), Vitaliy Mykytenko («Everton» Liverpool, England), Illia Zabarnyi («Bournemouth», England), Oleksandr Svatok (SK «Dnipro-1» Dnipropetrovsk), Maksym Taloviyev (LASK Linz, Austria).

Midfielders: Taras Stepanenko, Oleksandr Zubkov, Georgiy Sudakov, Yegor Nazarina (all — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Oleksandr Karavaev («Dynamo» Kyiv), Oleksandr Zinchenko («Arsenal» London, England), Viktor Tsygankov («Girona», Spain), Mykhailo Mudryk («Chelsea» London, England), Serhiy Sidorchuk («Waasland-Beveren», Belgium), Ruslan Malinovskyi («Genoa» Genoa, Italy), Oleksandr Pichalok (SK «Dnipro-1» Dnipropetrovsk).

Forwards: Artem Dovbyk («Girona», Spain), Roman Yaremchuk («Valencia», Spain), Danylo Sikan («Shakhtar» Donetsk).

Reserve List: Denys Popov, Vitaliy Buyalskyi, Vladyslav Vanat (all — «Dynamo» Kyiv), Nazariy Rusyn («Sunderland», England).

Oleksandr Hlyvinskyi, press secretary of the Ukraine national team