Today in the German city of Mönchengladbach, the Ukrainian national team will start a series of matches as part of their preparation for the 2022 World Cup playoffs and the June qualifiers for the UEFA Nations League 2022/2023 with a friendly match against the local Borussia. The game will begin at 9:45 PM Kyiv time.

Starting lineup: 1. Georgiy Bushchan, 15. Yurym Konoplia, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 22. Mykola Matviienko, 21. Oleksandr Karavaev, 5. Serhiy Sydorchuk, 6. Taras Stepanenko (c), 17. Mykhailo Mudryk, 10. Mykola Shaparenko, 14. Vitaliy Buyalskyi, 11. Artem Besedin.

Substitutes: 2. Valerii Bondar, 3. Oleksandr Syrota, 4. Dmytro Popov, 7. Artem Dovbik, 8. Oleksandr Piatovych, 9. Serhiy Buliatsa, 12. Andriy Pyatov, 19. Denys Harmash, 23. Dmytro Riznyk.

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Today's match will be broadcast live on the channel "Ukraine" in the airtime of the TV channel "Indigo TV" (temporary broadcaster of the content of the channel "Ukraine"), the TV channel "Football 1", oll.tv and the YouTube channel UAFA. The text broadcast of the match will be conducted on the website of UAFA.

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Ukrainian fans have the opportunity to attend today's game free of charge. To do this, you need to follow the link and during the ticket selection procedure choose the Free ticket for Ukrainians option.

To enter the stadium, holders of tickets will have to present a Ukrainian passport.

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Today's friendly match between the national team of Ukraine and Borussia (M) will not be the first visit of our team to German soil. At the level of national teams, there have been 10 meetings held there, only three of which were actually against the hosts.

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The Ukrainian anthem before the match will be performed live by Ukrainian singer Kristina Solovyova - author and performer of hits "Hold On" and "Ukrainian Winter".

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While the Ukrainian team is preparing for its first match this year, let's get to know our opponent a little better, Borussia from Mönchengladbach.

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Before lunch, the operational director of Borussia, Stefan Schippers, visited the Ukrainian team and expressed support for Ukrainians during the war: "On behalf of our club, I wish you, your families, and your country happiness, health, and a speedy peace."

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This morning (at 11 AM local time), the Ukrainian team held a one-hour warm-up on the field adjacent to their hotel.

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The match will be officiated by an international referee team, led by the respected German referee Daniel Siebert.

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Today's match will be played in a special yellow jersey.

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Official lineup of the Ukrainian national team (by numbers)

1. Georgiy Bushchan, 2. Valerii Bondar, 3. Oleksandr Syrota, 4. Dmytro Popov, 5. Serhiy Sydorchuk, 6. Taras Stepanenko, 7. Artem Dovbik, 8. Oleksandr Piatovych, 9. Serhiy Buliatsa, 10. Mykola Shaparenko, 11. Artem Besedin, 12. Andriy Pyatov, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 14. Vitaliy Buyalskyi, 15. Yurym Konoplia, 17. Mykhailo Mudryk, 19. Denys Harmash, 21. Oleksandr Karavaev, 22. Mykola Matviienko, 23. Dmytro Riznyk.

Of the players who arrived with the Ukrainian delegation to Germany, goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin did not make it into the match lineup.