Today in the Polish city of Łódź at the LKS Stadium, the Ukraine national team will face Ireland in their third match of the 2022/2023 Nations League (kickoff - 9:45 PM Kyiv time).

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Starting lineup for the Ukraine national team: 23. Dmytro Ryndzak, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 22. Mykhailo Matviyenko, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 21. Oleksandr Karavaev, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 5. Serhiy Sydorchuk, 8. Ruslan Malinovskiy, 10. Mykhailo Shaparenko,  7. Andriy Yarmolenko (c), 11. Artem Dovbyk.

Substitutes: 1. Andriy Lunin, 2. Valeriy Bondar, 3. Taras Kachaраба, 4. Denys Popov, 6. Danylo Ignyatenko, 9. Danylo Sikan, 14. Mykhailo Mudryk, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 18. Oleksandr Syrota, 19. Eduard Sobolev, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov.

Of the players currently in Łódź, Roman Yaremchuk and Oleksandr Pichalok did not make it to the official roster.

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At today's match referees from Turkey led by 40-year-old Ali Palabıyık will officiate. 

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Final preparations for the Ukraine vs Ireland match are underway at the stadium and in the dressing rooms.

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In their last 10 away matches, our opponent managed to secure three wins, one draw and six losses. 

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70 journalists and 20 photographers have been accredited for the match.

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Today in our group, League B1, another match will take place: Armenia will host Scotland at the Vazgen Sargsyan Stadium in Yerevan (kickoff - 4:00 PM Kyiv time).

In total, on June 14th, there will be 12 matches played.

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Today, the Ukraine national team held a half-hour training session at the city's "Widzew Łódź" stadium.

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Approximately 10,000 spectators are expected at today's match. The LKS Stadium in Łódź can accommodate up to 18,000 fans.

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Today, ticket sales for the match will be available at the LKS Stadium box office. The address of the arena is aleja Unii Lubelskiej 2, 94-020 Łódź. Ticket booth hours on June 14th are from 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM.

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At today's meeting, it was decided that Ukraine will wear blue uniforms for the match. Ireland will play in orange.

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Official roster for Ukraine's match (by numbers)

1. Andriy Lunin, 2. Valeriy Bondar, 3. Taras Kachaраба, 4. Denys Popov, 5. Serhiy Sydorchuk, 6. Danylo Ignyatenko, 7. Andriy Yarmolenko, 8. Ruslan Malinovskiy, 9. Danylo Sikan, 10. Mykhailo Shaparenko, 11. Artem Dovbyk, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 14. Mykhailo Mudryk, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 18. Oleksandr Syrota, 19. Eduard Sobolev, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 21. Oleksandr Karavaev, 22. Mykhailo Matviyenko, 23. Dmytro Ryndzak.

Of the players currently in Łódź, Roman Yaremchuk and Oleksandr Pichalok did not make it to the official roster.