Today in Dublin at the Aviva Stadium, the Ukraine national team will meet Ireland's team in their first match of the 2022/2023 Nations League (kickoff is at 9:45 PM Kyiv time).

The starting lineup for the Ukraine national team: 1. Andriy Lunin, 3. Oleksandr Zabarnyi, 18. Valeri Bondar, 4. Danylo Senchenko, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 19. Taras Kachaраба, 5. Serhiy Sydorchuk (c), 10. Mykhailo Mudryk, 14. Artem Dovbyk, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 11. Andriy Pylyp.

Substitutes: 2. Eduard Sobolev, 6. Danilo Sikan, 7. Oleksandr Pichalnok, 8. Ruslan Malinovskiy, 9. Danylo Ignatenko, 12. Andriy Pyatov, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 21. Oleksandr Karavaev, 22. Mykhailo Matviienko, 23. Dmytro Riznyk.

Among the players currently in Cardiff, Georgiy Bushchan, Taras Stepanenko, Roman Yaremchuk, and Andriy Yarmolenko did not make it to the official roster.

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At the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, final preparations are underway for today's match, to which 64 journalists and 24 photographers have been accredited.

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The match will be officiated by a Slovakian referee team led by 34-year-old Filip Glova.

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The Aviva Stadium, just like the Cardiff City Arena where our team lost to Wales in the final of the World Cup qualifier playoffs, is not only used for football matches.

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Today, 33-35 thousand local fans and 3,500 supporters of our national team are expected to be in attendance at the Aviva Stadium.

The Football Association of Ireland has distributed three thousand free tickets among Ukrainian communities, including refugees (since the start of the war, over 33,000 Ukrainians have arrived in Ireland). Another five hundred tickets were sold as a home allocation by UAF.

Ukrainian supporters will be seated on the North Stand, behind the left goal from the central tunnel.

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Before the match starts, both teams will gather in the center circle and clap together with the fans for 20 seconds to support Ukraine.

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In the last ten matches at Aviva Stadium, Ireland lost twice, drew six times and won only two games, both in friendly matches.

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Today, Ukraine's national team held a half-hour training session on the pitch at University College Dublin (UCD) Sports Centre.

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Today, in our group of the Nations League, Group B1, another match will take place: at Hampden Park Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland will host Armenia (kickoff is at 9:45 PM Kyiv time).

Overall, four matches will be played on June 8.

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At today's pre-match meeting, it was decided that Ukraine will wear yellow jerseys and Ireland will play in green.

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Our opponent today, the Irish national team, is ranked 47th in the latest FIFA ranking published on March 31. Our national team occupies the 27th position.

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Official roster for Ukraine's match (by numbers)

1. Andriy Lunin, 2. Eduard Sobolev, 3. Oleksandr Zabarnyi, 4. Danylo Senchenko, 5. Serhiy Sydorchuk, 6. Danilo Sikan, 7. Oleksandr Pichalnok, 8. Ruslan Malinovskiy, 9. Andriy Pylyp, 10. Mykhailo Mudryk, 11. Artem Dovbyk, 12. Andriy Pyatov, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 14. Viktor Tsygankov, 15. Oleksandr Zubkov, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 18. Valeri Bondar, 19. Taras Kachaраба, 20. Oleksandr Karavaev, 21. Mykhailo Matviienko, 22. Dmytro Riznyk.

Among the players currently in Cardiff, Georgiy Bushchan, Taras Stepanenko, Roman Yaremchuk, and Andriy Yarmolenko did not make it to the official roster.