Today in Leverkusen, Germany, at the «BayArena» stadium, Ukraine's national team will play a nominally home match in Euro 2024 qualifying Group C against Italy (kickoff at 9:45 PM Kyiv time).

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Starting lineup for Ukraine's national team: 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 4. Oleksandr Zavarych, 2. Yurym Konoplya, 6. Taras Stepanenko (c), 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 7. Georgiy Sudakov, 10. Mykhailo Mudryk, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 11. Artem Dovbyk.

Substitutes: 1. Georgiy Bushchan, 3. Valerii Bondar, 5. Serhiy Sydorchuk, 8. Ruslan Malinovskyi, 9. Roman Yaremchuk, 14. Danylo Sikan, 18. Oleksandr Pichalenko, 19. Oleksandr Timchyk, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 21. Vladyslav Dubynchak, 22. Mykhailo Matviienko, 23. Dmytro Riznyk.

Of the players currently in camp with Ukraine's national team, Maxim Taloviyev, Yegor Nazarina and Oleksandr Karavaiev did not make the final squad.

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Today's match will be broadcast on local public television channels and on the MEGOGO media service channel «Football First».

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As of now, 17 teams are confirmed to participate in the Euro 2024 final stage. In addition to the host nation Germany, these include Albania, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Hungary, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and Turkey.

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Today's match at the «Bay-Arena» will be covered by 70 accredited journalists and 50 photographers. Eleven TV companies will broadcast the game live, with ten commentator positions reserved for them as well as one radio commentary position.

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Our opponent today, the Italian team, is ranked ninth in the FIFA rankings published on October 26. Ukraine's national team, as a reminder, is currently ranked 22nd.

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Today's match at the «BayArena» in Leverkusen is expected to draw around 30,000 spectators. A sellout!

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Ukraine's national team has not played at the «BayArena» in Leverkusen before, but it has a long history of playing matches on German soil where they have already participated in 11 games.

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Today, our national team took a half-hour walk in the park near their hotel at the «BayArena».

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Today's match between Ukraine and Italy will be the tenth in their history.

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Today's match, Ukraine will play in yellow kits. Italy will wear white.

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Today in our Group C, another match will take place — North Macedonia will host England in Skopje (kickoff at 9:45 PM Kyiv time). However, the outcome of this game will not affect Ukraine's chances. Only a victory over Italy can qualify Ukraine for Euro 2024.

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Ukraine's squad for the match against Italy

1. Georgiy Bushchan, 2. Yurym Konoplya, 3. Valerii Bondar, 4. Oleksandr Zavarych, 5. Serhiy Sydorchuk, 6. Taras Stepanenko, 7. Georgiy Sudakov, 8. Ruslan Malinovskyi, 9. Roman Yaremchuk, 10. Mykhailo Mudryk, 11. Artem Dovbyk, 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 14. Danylo Sikan, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 18. Oleksandr Pichalenko, 19. Oleksandr Timchyk, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 21. Vladyslav Dubynchak, 22. Mykhailo Matviienko, 23. Dmytro Riznyk.

Of the players currently in camp with Ukraine's national team, Maxim Taloviyev, Yegor Nazarina and Oleksandr Karavaiev did not make the final squad.