As a farewell and fond memory, the temperature rose to 23 degrees Celsius (yesterday was relatively gloomy). The climate effect in Marbella is due to the high cliff "La Concha," which shields the local coastline from winds and inclemency. Thanks to this natural barrier, there's always pleasant weather here, almost no rain, and summer heat is easier to bear thanks to sea breezes.

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In Tuesday's collective training session, 27 out of 28 players participated. Viktor Tsygankov continues to perform individual tasks for the recovery of his knee ligament injury under the close supervision of doctors and a fitness trainer.

Meanwhile, the rest of the team, after running and warming up their muscles, completed ball exercises focusing on coordination and passing. Also, coordination, agility, and decision-making speed were promoted by another game exercise where players from one team aimed to eliminate opponents from the other team by passing the ball with hands and "knocking out" them.

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The main part of the training was devoted to practicing tactical plays and working on game structure, as expected. At the end of the session, players briefly practiced penalty kicks.

After the morning session, the national team returned to the hotel for a quick shower and lunch. Immediately after this, the national team traveled by bus to Malaz.

The flight to Sarajevo lasted about three hours. The Ukrainians settled in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Today's schedule includes dinner and rest.

Photo by Andriy Yushchak

Tomorrow, the national team will hold an official training session at the «Bijilo Field» stadium in Zenica, where the match on March 21st will take place.

The pre-match training will start at 5:30 PM Central European Time. Half an hour before that, head coach Serhiy Rebrov and one of the blue-and-yellow players will meet with the media in the stadium's conference room.

Ukraine National Team Roster

Goalkeepers: Georgiy Bushchan («Dynamo» Kyiv), Anatoliy Trubin («Benfica» Lisbon, Portugal), Andriy Lunin («Real Madrid», Spain).

Defenders: Oleksandr Karavaev, Denis Popov, Oleksandr Timchik (all — «Dynamo» Kyiv), Mykhailo Matviienko, Yurym Konoplia, Valeriy Bondar (all — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Bohdan Mikhaylichenko («Polesia» Zhytomyr), Vitaly Mykolenko («Everton», Liverpool, England), Illia Zabarnyi («Bournemouth», England), Maxim Talovoyev (LASK Linz, Austria).

Midfielders: Oleksandr Zubkov, Georgiy Sudakov (both — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Mykhailo Shaparenko, Volodymyr Brazyk (both — «Dynamo» Kyiv), Oleksandr Pichalonok, Oleksiy Hutsulyak (both — SK «Dnipro-1» Dnipropetrovsk), Oleksandr Zinchenko («Arsenal», London, England), Viktor Tsygankov («Girona», Spain), Mykhailo Mudryk («Chelsea», London, England), Serhiy Sydorchuk («Waasland-Beveren», Belgium), Ruslan Malinovskyi («Genoa» Genoa, Italy).

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

Reserve List: Dmytro Riznyk, Yegor Nazarina (both — «Shakhtar» Donetsk).

Reminder, the semi-final match of the Euro 2024 qualification play-off Bosnia and Herzegovina - Ukraine will take place on March 21st in Zenica and start at 6:45 PM local time (7:45 PM Kyiv time).

Oleksandr Hlyvinskyi, press secretary of the national team