EURO 2024. Latest from Ukraine's camp: national team holds first training session in Warsaw

05.06.2024 23:12

Waking up in the Polish capital after yesterday's arrival from Germany, the blue-yellow squad had a busy day ahead.

In the first half of the day, they focused on tactical analysis of the match against the Germans, followed by a meeting with UEFA CPR Goal program specialists, who train players in providing emergency aid on the pitch.

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Footballers are often the first to respond to a colleague who loses consciousness or suffers a heart attack on the field. Therefore, this program was organized to help players learn how to assess whether a person is breathing, position their head correctly, and perform artificial respiration in crucial moments. The players worked in groups, practicing on specialized mannequins. They approached this matter responsibly, while still maintaining their sense of humor.

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Later in the evening, the team had its regular training session at the stadium of the Polish First League club Polonia (Warsaw). This arena is well-known to most players as the national team trained here during one of the autumn camps in 2022.

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Starting with a warm-up and stretching, the players then divided into groups for passing drills and tactical exercises. In the final part of the training, they split into three groups: one played tennis-ball football, while the other two worked on set pieces.

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Tomorrow, the Ukrainian team will hold an official training session before the friendly match against the Polish national team at the National Stadium. At 17:30, head coach Serhiy Rebrov and team captain Andriy Yarmolenko will meet with the media in the arena's press conference room, with the training session starting at 18:00, the first 15 minutes of which will be open to the media.

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Ukraine national team roster:

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

Defenders: Mykola Matviyenko, Yukhym Konoplya, Valeriy Bondar (all Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleksandr Tymchyk (Dynamo Kyiv), Vitaliy Mykolenko (Everton, England), Illia Zabarnyi (Bournemouth, England), Oleksandr Svatok (SK Dnipro-1), Maksym Talovierov (LASK, Austria), Bohdan Mykhaylichenko (Polissya Zhytomyr).

Midfielders: Andriy Yarmolenko, Mykola Shaparenko, Volodymyr Brazhko (all Dynamo Kyiv), Taras Stepanenko, Oleksandr Zubkov, Georgiy Sudakov (all Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal, England), Viktor Tsygankov (Girona, Spain), Mykhailo Mudryk (Chelsea, England), Serhiy Sydorchuk (Westerlo, Belgium), Ruslan Malinovskyi (Genoa, Italy).

Forwards: Artem Dovbyk (Girona, Spain), Roman Yaremchuk (Valencia, Spain), Vladyslav Vanat (Dynamo Kyiv).

Reserve list: Dmytro Riznyk, Danylo Sikan (both Shakhtar Donetsk), Denys Popov, Vitaliy Buyalskyi, Vladyslav Kabaiev (all Dynamo Kyiv), Yehor Yarmolyuk (Brentford, England).

Recall that Ukraine will play the next preparatory and friendly match against Poland on June 7. The game will start at 21:45 Kyiv time.

The final game before the pre-tournament training camp will be a match against the national team of Moldova on June 11 in Chisinau. The game will start at 19:00 Kyiv time.

The next day, June 12, the national team will arrive at the venue for the Euro 2024 base camp – the town of Wiesbaden.

Group E Match Schedule for EURO 2024

June 17: Romania vs Ukraine. Arena Munich, Munich. Kick-off: 16:00 Kyiv time.

June 17: Belgium vs Slovakia. Frankfurt Stadium, Frankfurt. Kick-off: 19:00 Kyiv time.

June 21: Slovakia vs Ukraine. Dusseldorf Arena, Dusseldorf. Kick-off: 16:00 Kyiv time.

June 22: Belgium vs Romania. Cologne Stadium, Cologne. Kick-off: 22:00 Kyiv time.

June 26: Slovakia vs Romania. Frankfurt Stadium, Frankfurt. Kick-off: 19:00 Kyiv time.

June 26: Ukraine vs Belgium. Stuttgart Arena, Stuttgart. Kick-off: 19:00 Kyiv time.

Kick-off times are in Kyiv time.