In place of the cold, windy downpour came sunshine and almost spring-like warmth. So today's evening session at FC "Sparta" base took place under completely opposite weather conditions — no wind, wet grass or walls of rain.

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In the morning, defenders Oleksandr Svatak and goalkeeper Dmytro Riznyk arrived at the camp of blue-and-yellow, bringing the national team's squad to full strength. Now in the lineup of the team — all 26 called-up players.

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Shortly before lunch, the head coach of blue-and-yellow Serhiy Rebrov conducted the first theoretical session for the entire team at the camp. Now they can work as a full collective, and accordingly all players receive and absorb information about the opponent and tactical build-up against them.

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Every day, a large number of fans come to the hotel where Ukraine's team is staying. If on the first day it was three active boys from Kryvyi Rih, Poltava and Lviv who moved to Prague after the start of the war and are studying at local football academies, then this time blue-and-yellow were accompanied by almost 50 Ukrainians.

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In the evening, all 26 players arrived at the Strahov Stadium field. This time Denys Popov changed his place of performing individual recovery exercises from the gym to open space — he ran around the perimeter of the pitch and then worked under the supervision of a rehabilitation specialist near the grass.

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The rest of the blue-and-yellow team performed warm-up exercises and completed attacking drills. After that, the main part of the training began, which was rich with game series with various tactical tasks. As yesterday, work on the field took place in an intense manner — Ukraine's national team has entered the direct preparation for the match against North Macedonia.

National Team Squad

Goalkeepers: Georgii Bushchan («Dynamo» Kyiv), Anatoliy Trubin («Benfica» Lisbon, Portugal), Dmytro Riznyk («Shakhtar» Donetsk).

Defenders: Mykhailo Matviienko, Yurym Konoplyan (both — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Denys Popov, Oleksandr Karavaev (both — «Dynamo» Kyiv), Oleksandr Svatak («Dnipro-1» Dnipropetrovsk), Vitaliy Mykolenko («Everton» Liverpool, England), Illia Zabarnyi («Bournemouth», England), Serhiy Krivtsov («Inter Miami», USA), Bohdan Mikhaylichenko («Dynamo» Zagreb, Croatia).

Midfielders: Vitaliy Buyalskyi («Dynamo» Kyiv), Taras Stepanenko, Oleksandr Zubkov, Georgii Sudakov, Yegor Nazarina (all — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Oleksandr Pichalonok («Dnipro-1» Dnipropetrovsk), Oleksandr Zinchenko («Arsenal» London, England), Mykhailo Mudryk («Chelsea» London, England), Serhiy Sidorchuk («Waasland-Beveren», Belgium), Ruslan Malinovskiy («Genoa» Genoa, Italy).

Forwards: Roman Yaremchuk («Valencia», Spain), Artem Dovbyk («Girona», Spain), Vladyslav Vanat («Dynamo» Kyiv), Nazariy Rusin («Sunderland», England).

In reserve: Oleksandr Timchik («Dynamo» Kyiv).

Oleksandr Hlyvinskyi, press secretary of the national team