Today, on July 7 in Porto at Estádio do Bessa Século XXI, the home arena of club "Boavista", a friendly match between the national women's teams of Portugal and Ukraine will take place.

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We would like to draw your attention to the fact that the start time of the match has been changed to 22:45 Kyiv time (20:45 local time) instead of the previously announced 22:00. The live broadcast will take place on the YouTube channel of the UAF.

The meeting with a participant in the World Cup-2023, which starts on July 20 in Australia and New Zealand, will take place under the support of the Portuguese Football Federation. It is expected that more than 20,000 spectators will be present at the match—this would be a record audience for home matches of Portugal's women's national team.

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The Ukrainian team, which includes 23 players, began its gathering on July 3 in Porto. For the blue and yellow team, this is a stage of preparation for official matches of the debut Nations League. As a reminder, according to the draw results, Ukraine's women's national team has been placed in Group V3, where its opponents are Poland, Serbia, and Greece.

It should be noted that for the first time, head coach Luis Cortes called up two young players to the national squad—Marina Dudnik and Daria Semkiv.

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Squad of the Ukrainian Women's National Team

Goalkeepers: Marina Dudnik ("Kolos" Kovalivka), Daria Bondarchuk, Kateryna Samson (both— "Vorskla" Poltava).

Defenders: Kateryna Korsun, Iryna Podolska (both—"Vorskla" Poltava), Lyubov Shmatko, Yana Derkach, Daria Apanshenchenko (all—"Fomget", Turkey).

Midfielders: Tetiana Kitaieva, Natiia Pantzulaia (both—"Kolos" Kovalivka), Anna Petrik, Iryna Kotyash (both—"Vorskla" Poltava), Daria Semkiv, Iryna Kochneva (both—"Krivybas" Krivoi Rog), Kristina Pererviznik ("Besiktas", Turkey), Nikol Kozlova ("Kegel", Denmark), Yana Malakhova ("Pradexon", Spain).

Forwards: Yana Kalinina, Roxolana Kravchuk (both—"Vorskla" Poltava), Polina Yanchuik ("Krivybas" Krivoi Rog), Olha Ovdiiychuk ("Fomget", Turkey), Nadiia Kunyna ("Austria", Austria), Inna Hlushchenko ("Reims", France).

As a reminder, the last time Ukraine's women's national team gathered in April, concluding with an NTZ friendly match in Tallinn against Estonia (1:0).