The New Year period (December 26 - January 1) was truly hot and intense for a large number of Ukrainian national team players who participated in our country's November squad.

On Thursday, December 26, in the 18th round of the English Premier League, «Everton» Vitaliy Mykolenko (full match) played an away night game against «Manchester City» (1:1), while «Bournemouth» Iliya Zabarny (full match) drew a scoreless tie at home with «Crystal Palace» (0-0).

On Friday, December 27, in the same round, «Brentford» Egor Yarmoluk (came on as a substitute in the 72nd minute) met «Brighton» away from home, and once again, the teams failed to score (0-0).

On Sunday, December 29, in the 19th round of the Premier League, «Everton» Mykolenko (full match) lost to «Nottingham Forest» in Liverpool (0-2), while «Bournemouth» Zabarny (full match) drew a hard-fought tie with «Fulham» in London (2-2).

In the 18th round of Italy's Serie A, «Roma» Artem Dovbyk (substituted in the 86th minute, assist) played a night game against «Milan» at the legendary «San Siro» (1-1).

In the 16th round of Portugal's Primeira Liga, «Benfica» Anatoliy Trubin (full match) lost an away Lisbon derby to «Sporting CP» (0-1).

Finally, on Wednesday, January 1, in the concluding game of the 19th round of the Premier League, «Arsenal» Oleksandr Zinchenko (came on as a substitute in the 90+1st minute) beat «Brentford» Yarmoluk (full match) away from home — 3-1.