Training with diverse tasks — and in sync with this, varied weather: morning — autumn-like sunny, while evening — with a cold chill. The one constant remains the concentration and self-giving of all 24 players working at the blue-and-yellow camp.

The boys work with great enthusiasm and the traditional positive mood that reigns in the country's main team. Competition for a place on the roster is at its highest level: both experienced national team members and ambitious newcomers equally strive to show the coaching staff their best qualities.

Photo by Pavel Kubanov

In the morning, attention was given to training under standard conditions — both in defensive and attacking actions.

And in the evening, tactical exercises took place in real game conditions, which allowed assessing how well players are prepared to meet the demands of the head coach and his assistants.

Photo by Pavel Kubanov

Tomorrow morning, the national team will hold its final training session of the Kyiv stage of the October gathering: as with all previous sessions, it will take place on the pitch of NTK named after V. Bannikov. After this, the blue-and-yellow players will return to the Opera hotel, have lunch, pack their bags and head to Borispol International Airport. The charter flight to Helsinki is scheduled for 16:45.

Roster of the National Team of Ukraine

Goalkeepers: Andriy Pyatov («Shakhtar» Donetsk), Georgiy Bushchan («Dynamo» Kyiv), Dmytro Ryzik («Vorskla» Poltava).

Defenders: Mykola Matviyenko, Serhiy Krivcov, Viktor Kornienko (all — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Oleksandr Karavayev, Illia Zabarnyi, Oleksandr Timchik, Oleksandr Syrota, Artem Shabanov (all — «Dynamo» Kyiv), Eduard Sobolev («Brugge», Belgium).

Midfielders: Serhiy Sydorchuk, Mykola Shaparenko, Viktor Tsygankov (all — «Dynamo» Kyiv), Taras Stepanenko («Shakhtar» Donetsk), Serhiy Buliatsa («Zorya» Luhansk), Oleksandr Pichalnok («Dnipropetrovsk-1» Dnipropetrovsk), Andriy Yarmolenko («Vest Ham», England), Oleksandr Zubkov («Ferencvaros», Hungary), Ihor Kharchyn («Legia», Poland).

Forwards: Roman Yaremchuk («Benfica», Portugal), Artem Dovbyk («Dnipropetrovsk-1» Dnipropetrovsk), Danylo Sikan («Shakhtar» Donetsk).

Reserve List: Andriy Lunin («Real Madrid», Spain), Valeriy Bondar, Yurym Konoply (both — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Bohdan Mykhailichenko («Anderlecht», Belgium), Vladyslav Korchynskyi («Zorya» Luhansk), Vladyslav Kalitvintsev («Dnipro-1» Dnipropetrovsk).

Oleksandr Hlyvinets, press secretary of the national team of Ukraine