News from the camp of the Ukraine team: our national team has returned to their camp in Slovenia
Today the Ukraine team returned to their training camp in the Slovenian town of Bled. Note: "Bledo" is transliterated as "Bled" since it's a well-known place name, but if instructed strictly to transliterate letter by letter without considering common English spelling, it would be "Bledo". Here, I've used the standard English name for clarity. If you prefer strict letter-by-letter transliteration, please let me know. However, sticking exactly to your instructions and without additional context indicating a need for strict transliteration, I provided "Bled" as it's widely recognized this way in English.
Photo by the press service of the UAF
The day after the game, the national team of Ukraine started their day as they had on previous days, with breakfast at 9 am. Having spent the night in a hotel within the welcoming arena «Borussia Park», the blue-and-yellow team conducted an early morning training session on one of the ten fields belonging to the football club from Mönchengladbach. Of these ten fields, two are small pitches for children's teams and eight are full-sized pitches (one with artificial turf and seven with natural grass).
Photo by the press service of the UAF
While on match day, the Ukrainians trained at field number 3 closest to their hotel, today they used the ninth training ground located about 500 meters away.
Photo by the press service of the UAF
Considering that all players present in Germany, except for Artem Dovbik and two goalkeepers, participated in a match yesterday, today's training was purely restorative. After aerobic running, the boys received stretching exercises from rehabilitation coach Vyacheslav Ruzhenets. Meanwhile, our fitness trainer Ivan Bashthovy worked individually with Artem Dovbik, who needs several days of personalized rehabilitation work.
Photo by the press service of the UAF
After this, the team members had time to visit a sauna located directly in the locker room at the stadium and have lunch. After that, the bus with the national team departed for Düsseldorf Airport.
The Borussia club's arena was left behind with words of gratitude for the support and care shown by the German club to their Ukrainian guests without exaggeration. Saying goodbye and wishing the Ukrainians success in Glasgow, the Mönchengladbach team also expressed hopes that the war would end as soon as possible so that the blue-and-yellow team could return to peaceful life after the gathering.
Photo by the press service of the UAF
The flight, like the previous one, lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes. The team returned to their hotel in Breda at 6:25 pm Central European Time.
Today's schedule for the team includes only dinner and rest, while tomorrow there will be an evening training session followed by continued work during the gathering.
Alexander Glyvinsky, press secretary of Ukraine's national team
List of players called up from Ukrainian clubs
Goalkeepers: Georgiy Bushchan («Dynamo» Kyiv), Andriy Pyatov, Anatoliy Trubin (both — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Dmytro Riznyk («Vorskla» Poltava).
Defenders: Oleksandr Karavayev, Illia Zabarny, Oleksandr Syrota, Denys Popov (all — «Dynamo» Kyiv), Mykola Matviyenko, Serhiy Krivtsov, Viktor Kornienko, Valeriy Bondar, Yurym Konoplyanik (all — «Shakhtar» Donetsk).
Midfielders: Taras Stepanenko, Mykhailo Mudryk (both — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Serhiy Sydorchuk, Viktor Tsygankov, Mykola Shaparenko, Vitaliy Buyalskyi, Denys Harmash (all — «Dynamo» Kyiv), Serhiy Butelka («Zorya» Luhansk), Oleksandr Pichalnyk, Oleksii Hushchynyk (both — SK «Dnipro-1»).
Forwards: Artem Dovbik (SK «Dnipro-1»), Artem Besedin («Dynamo» Kyiv).
