Today in Italian Empoli, the second preparatory friendly match for Ukraine's national team ahead of the 2022 World Cup playoffs and the upcoming Euro Nations League matches will take place. The game against the local club will start at 9:30 PM Kyiv time.

Starting lineup: 12. Andriy Pyatov (c), 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 4. Dmytro Popov, 22. Mykola Matviienko, 21. Oleksandr Karavaev, 6. Taras Stepanenko, 10. Mykhailo Shaparenko, 8. Oleksandr Pichalnyk, 17. Mykhaylo Mudryk, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 9. Roman Yaremchuk.

Substitutes: 1. Georgiy Bushchan, 2. Valerii Bondar, 3. Oleksandr Syrota,  5. Serhiy Sidorchuk, 7. Artem Dovbyk, 11. Artem Besedin, 14. Vitaliy Buyalskyi, 16. Yurym Konoplia, 18. Taras Kachaраба, 19. Denys Harmash, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 23. Dmytro Riznyk, 24. Danylo Sikan.

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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"), TV channel "Football 1", oll.tv and YouTube channel UAF. The text commentary of the match will be provided on the UAF website.

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The national team of Ukraine has won two matches out of six against various national teams on Italian soil. Both victories were not over Italians. We lost two games in three to the hosts with one draw in October 2018.

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While the Ukrainian team is preparing for its second match this year, let's get to know our opponent a little better today, the Italian "Empoli".

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Fans can purchase tickets online on the official club website. Today, ticket sales will also be open at the stadium Carlo Castellani cash desks from 19.00 until kickoff. The cost of a return ticket is 10.40 euros.

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We remind you that the funds collected from friendly matches of Ukraine's national team will be transferred to the United24 platform.

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Today, the national team of Ukraine held a 25-minute training session on field number 4 at the Italian Football Federation's training base in Coverciano. The program included ball possession elements, warm-up exercises and coordination, speed, and agility drills.

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The national anthem of Ukraine will be performed live before the match by People's Artist of Ukraine, Natalka Karpa. 

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In today's friendly match, the opponents will have an unlimited number of substitutions.

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As in the match against Borussia Mönchengladbach, today's match will also be played by Ukraine's national team in a special yellow jersey.

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Official lineup of the Ukrainian national team for the friendly match against "Empoli" (by numbers)

1. Georgiy Bushchan, 2. Valerii Bondar, 3. Oleksandr Syrota, 4. Dmytro Popov, 5. Serhiy Sidorchuk, 6. Taras Stepanenko, 7. Artem Dovbyk, 8. Oleksandr Pichalnyk,  9. Roman Yaremchuk, 10. Mykhailo Shaparenko, 11. Artem Besedin, 12. Andriy Pyatov, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 14. Vitaliy Buyalskyi, 15. Viktor Tsygankov,  16. Yurym Konoplia, 17. Mykhaylo Mudryk, 18. Taras Kachaраба, 19. Denys Harmash,  20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 21. Oleksandr Karavaev, 22. Mykola Matviienko, 23. Dmytro Riznyk, 24. Danylo Sikan.

All footballers from the Ukrainian national team who are currently in Empoli have been included in the match lineup.