After several sessions, the players worked on ball handling techniques, receiving a task to pass the ball in no more than two touches in large circles. They then moved on to practicing medium passes and proceeded with their main training.

Serhiy Rebrov along with his coaching staff is preparing the team for the next match against North Macedonia, so tactical and game work takes into account the nearest opponent.

Twenty-five players participated in the training session. Two players were absent — Valeri Bondar and Oleksandr Pichalonok. The former has an injury to his adductor muscle, while the latter is dealing with foot problems. Unfortunately, both players will not be able to help the national team of Ukraine in the upcoming June matches.

Photos by Pavel Kubanov

After lunch, the blue and yellow team departed for Bremerhaven, from where they headed to the capital of North Macedonia — Skopje. Today's program for the national team included only hotel accommodation, dinner, and recovery. Tomorrow, the team will hold a pre-match training session on the field at the «Toshe Proeski» stadium.

Photos by Pavel Kubanov

Composition of the National Team of Ukraine

Goalkeepers: Georgiy Bushchan («Dynamo» Kyiv), Anatoliy Trubin («Shakhtar» Donetsk), Andriy Lunin («Real Madrid», Spain).

Defenders: Mykola Matviyenko, Yurym Konoplyanka (both — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Oleksandr Tymchyk («Dynamo» Kyiv), Oleksandr Svatok (SK «Dnipro-1» Dnipropetrovsk), Vitaliy Mykolenko («Everton» Liverpool, England), Illia Zabarny («Bournemouth», England), Eduard Sobolev («Strasbourg», France), Serhiy Krivtsov («Inter Miami», USA).

Midfielders: Taras Stepanenko, Oleksandr Zubkov, Georgiy Sudakov (all — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Serhiy Sydorchuk, Vitaliy Buyalskyi (both — «Dynamo» Kyiv), Andriy Yarmolenko («Al-Ain», UAE), Ruslan Malinovskiy («Olympique Marseille», France), Viktor Tsygankov («Girona», Spain), Mykhaylo Mudryk («Chelsea» London, England), Danylo Ignatenko («Bordeaux», France), Vladyslav Kochergin («Rakow» Czestochowa, Poland).

Forwards: Artem Dovbyk (SK «Dnipro-1» Dnipropetrovsk), Vladyslav Vannat («Dynamo» Kyiv), Nazariy Rusin («Zorya» Luhansk).

Oleksandr Hlyvinets, press secretary of the national team of Ukraine