EURO 2024. Latest from Ukraine's camp: national team conducts pre-match training session in Munich

16.06.2024 20:13

Ahead of the opening match at EURO 2024 against Romania, the Ukrainian national team conducted a pre-match training session at the Arena Munich stadium.

During the initial 15 minutes of warm-up, approximately 80 media representatives observed the teams. The grandeur of Bayern Munich Arena, fully adorned in EURO 2024 colors, impresses and evokes the special status of the continental championship's final tournament. The host club's presence is marked by a giant emblem visible on the seats, a feature that will naturally disappear tomorrow with the stadium filled.

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Following the running drills and warm-up exercises to loosen muscles, fitness coach Vitaliy Kulyba led the players in weight and reaction speed exercises. Such tasks always energize the team, and the players approached the main part of the training session in high spirits.

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After ball possession drills within defined areas, head coach Serhiy Rebrov focused on the main objective of the official pre-match training: finalizing the tactical game plan and determining the starting lineup for tomorrow's match. Rebrov's decision will be announced, as usual, 75 minutes before kickoff.

Photo by Andriy Yushchak

In total, 25 footballers participated in the group session, while Vitaliy Mykolenko trained individually today. His restorative training included running exercises and ball possession drills, part of the planned process to regain match fitness set by the medical staff.

Photo by Andriy Yushchak

After an hour-long training session, the blue-yellow team returned to the hotel. Tomorrow marks their debut at EURO 2024. The atmosphere within the team is focused: behind them lies a lengthy preparation process, and ahead lies the anticipated first match of the championship.

Ukraine squad for EURO 2024

Goalkeepers: 1. Georgiy Bushchan (Dynamo Kyiv), 12. Anatoliy Trubin (Benfica, Portugal), 23. Andriy Lunin (Real Madrid, Spain).

Defenders: 22. Mykola Matviyenko, 2. Yukhym Konoplia, 21. Valeriy Bondar (all Shakhtar Donetsk), 24. Oleksandr Tymchyk (Dynamo Kyiv), 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko (Everton, England), 13. Illia Zabarnyi (Bournemouth, England), 3. Oleksandr Svatok (FC Dnipro-1 Dnipro), 4. Maksym Talovierov (LASK Linz, Austria), 26. Bohdan Mykhaylichenko (Polissya Zhytomyr).

Midfielders: 7. Andriy Yarmolenko, 19. Mykola Shaparenko, 18. Volodymyr Brazhko (all Dynamo Kyiv), 6. Taras Stepanenko, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 14. Georgiy Sudakov (all Shakhtar Donetsk), 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal, England), 15. Viktor Tsygankov (Girona, Spain), 10. Mykhailo Mudryk (Chelsea, England), 5. Serhiy Sydorchuk (Westerlo, Belgium), 8. Ruslan Malinovskyi (Genoa, Italy).

Forwards: 11. Artem Dovbyk (Girona, Spain), 9. Roman Yaremchuk (Valencia, Spain), 25. Vladyslav Vanat (Dynamo Kyiv).

The final game before the training camp will be against Moldova on June 11 in Chisinau. The match will kick off at 19:00 Kyiv time.

The next day, June 12, the team will arrive at their Euro 2024 base in 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.

Oleksandr Hlyvynskyi, Press Secretary of the National Team of Ukraine