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Today in Plzeň at the "Dusan Arena," the Ukraine national team will play a friendly match against the Czech Republic team (kickoff at 9:45 PM Kyiv time).
Today in Plzeň at the «Dusan Arena», Ukraine's national team will face the Czech Republic in a friendly match (kickoff is at 9:45 PM Kyiv time).
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Starting lineup: 1. Dmytro Bohdan, 3. Oleksandr Syrota, 4. Serhiy Krivtsov, 18. Taras Kachaраба, 8. Viktor Korneyenko, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 14. Yevhen Makarenko, 19. Oleksandr Timchik, 11. Oleksandr Zubkov, 7. Andriy Yarmolenko (c), 20. Danylo Sikan.
Substitutes: 2. Eduard Sobolev, 5. Yurym Konoplya, 9. Roman Yaremchuk, 10. Mykola Shaparenko, 15. Vladyslav Kochergin, 21. Oleksandr Karavaev, 22. Serhiy Bulhak, 23. Dmytro Riznyk.
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The friendly match between the Czech Republic and Ukraine will be the 5th meeting in history. The balance of these matches is in our team's favor: two wins, one draw, and one loss.
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With less than three hours until the start of today's friendly match between the Czech Republic and Ukraine, let's get to know our opponent a bit better.
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The match will be officiated by a Slovakian referee team led by Filip Glova.
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At today's meeting, representatives of the teams and match officials were informed that up to 6,000 spectators are expected at the game.
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At the «Dusan Arena» in Plzeň, final preparations for today's match between the Czech Republic and Ukraine are underway.
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In Plzeň, the Czech national team has held seven matches. The statistics of these encounters are impressive — seven wins with a total score of 17-4.
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Today, Ukraine's national team held a training session at the Plzeň Football Academy.
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On the eve of today, two matches took place in our qualification group D for the 2022 World Cup, after which Ukraine's national team returned to second place in the standings. The team will play its next qualifier on September 9th: in Helsinki, blue and yellow will face Finland.
Tournament table for Group D
| I | W | D | L | M | Pts | ||
| 1 | France | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8—3 | 12 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6—6 | 5 |
| 3 | Finland | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4—5 | 5 |
| 4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5—6 | 3 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5—8 | 3 |
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At the meeting with representatives of both teams and match officials, it was decided that Ukraine's national team will play in yellow kits. The Czechs will wear red.
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Ukraine's national team roster for the match against the Czech Republic (by numbers)
1. Dmytro Bohdan, 2. Eduard Sobolev, 3. Oleksandr Syrota, 4. Serhiy Krivtsov, 5. Yurym Konoplya, 7. Andriy Yarmolenko, 8. Viktor Korneyenko, 9. Roman Yaremchuk, 10. Mykola Shaparenko, 11. Oleksandr Zubkov, 14. Yevhen Makarenko, 15. Vladyslav Kochergin, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 18. Taras Kachaраба, 19. Oleksandr Timchik, 20. Danylo Sikan, 21. Oleksandr Karavaev, 22. Serhiy Bulhak, 23. Dmytro Riznyk.
