Weekend for Ukraine's legionnaires: derby of our boys in Italy and principled standoff for Yaremchuk in Portugal
For the first time in a long while, matches involving players from Ukraine’s national team, whom Oleksandr Petrakov invited to next year's November fixtures of our national team, are set to take place over the weekend.
Photo by the press service of the UAF
For the first time in a long while, matches of foreign players' clubs invited by Oleksandr Petrakov to next year's November fixtures of our national team will take place over this weekend.
On Saturday, May 7, within the 33rd round of the second German Bundesliga, Danila Sykana will play an away match against «Ingolstadt» (kick-off at 14.30 Kyiv time).
«Benfica» Roman Yaremchuk will face «Porto» in a decisive match of the 33rd round of Portugal's Primeira Liga (20.00).
In the penultimate, 32nd round of the Hungarian championship, Oleksandr Zubkov's «Ferencváros», who has already secured the title of the best team in the country, will play Budapest derby against MTK at home (20.15).
On Sunday, May 8, in the 36th round of Italy's Serie A, there will be a derby between teams with Ukrainian footballers: «Spezia» Viktor Kovalenko will host «Atalanta» Ruslan Malinovskiy (13.30).
In the third round of Belgium's Pro League, Eduard Sobol's «Brugge» will play an away match against «Saint-Ghislain» (14.30).
In the 36th round of England's Premier League, Vitaliy Mykolenko's «Everton» will visit «Leicester» (16.00), and Andriy Yarmolenko's «West Ham» will play at home against «Norwich» (16.00), while Oleksandr Zinchenko's «Manchester City» awaits visitors from «Newcastle» (18.30).
Finally, in the third round of the Czech championship, «Slavia Prague» Taras Kachaраба will host players of «Slovácko» (20.00).