On the fifth day of the Spanish camp, the national team of Ukraine gathered in full strength: early in the morning, our last legionnaires arrived at the hotel where the team is staying in Marbella.

Roman Yaremchuk managed to arrive just in time for breakfast, Serhiy Sydorchuk and Ruslan Malinovskiy caught up with their teammates after morning meals, while Anatoliy Trubin arrived an hour later, so he saw the boys before lunch.

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Thus, all 28 players called up by Serhiy Rebrov for the March gathering arrived in time for the evening training session, which, like previous ones, took place on the pitch of the football center "Banus". However, not everyone had the same schedule. The boys who recently played and traveled to join the blue-and-yellow team—Ruslan Malinovskiy, Artem Dovbik, Bohdan Mykhailichenko, Mykola Mudryk, Serhiy Sydorchuk, and Roman Yaremchuk—did a run and performed a muscle recovery exercise routine. Viktor Tsygankov, who suffered an injury to the medial collateral ligament of his knee, is currently working individually: according to the head physician of Ukraine's national team, Roman Zhlobaylyuk, there has been positive progress in his recovery.

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The main part of the players on the evening training session carried out coaching tasks, working within game series to master ball possession and control. As usual, the team focused on passing drills. The trio of goalkeepers worked in full strength under the guidance of goalkeeper coach Rustam Khudjamov today. Already at theoretical sessions, they have started analyzing Bosnia's tactical setup, so preparation for the playoff semifinal is gradually coming to a close.

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Tomorrow morning, the national team will conduct its final training session in Marbella, after which they will have lunch and travel to Malaga airport. The evening is expected to see the arrival of Ukraine's national team in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Squad of Ukraine's National Team

Goalkeepers: Georgiy Bushchan ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Anatoliy Trubin ("Benfica" Lisbon, Portugal), Andriy Lunin ("Real Madrid", Spain).

Defenders: Oleksandr Karavaev, Denys Popov, Oleksandr Timchik (all — "Dynamo" Kyiv), Mykhailo Matviienko, Yurym Konoplyanka, Valeriy Bondar (all — "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Bohdan Mykhailichenko ("Polesye" Zhytomyr), Vitaliy Mykolenko ("Everton" Liverpool, England), Illia Zabarnyi ("Bournemouth", England), Maksym Talovyiev (LASK Linz, Austria).

Midfielders: Oleksandr Zubkov, Georgiy Sudakov (both — "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Mykhailo Brazyko, Oleksandr Shaparenko (both — "Dynamo" Kyiv), Oleksandr Pichalenko, Oleksiy Hutsulyak (both — SK "Dnipro-1" Dnipropetrovsk), Oleksandr Zinchenko ("Arsenal" London, England), Viktor Tsygankov ("Girona", Spain), Mykhailo Mudryk ("Chelsea" London, England), Serhiy Sydorchuk ("Waasland-Beveren", Belgium), Ruslan Malinovskiy ("Genoa" Genoa, Italy).

Forwards: Artem Dovbik ("Girona", Spain), Roman Yaremchuk ("Valencia", Spain), Danilo Sikan ("Shakhtar" Donetsk), Vladyslav Vanat ("Dynamo" Kyiv).

Reserve List: Dmytro Riznyk, Ihor Nazarina (both — "Shakhtar" Donetsk).

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Reminder, the semifinal match of the Euro 2024 qualification playoff Bosnia and Herzegovina — Ukraine will take place on March 21 in Zenica and start at 8:45 PM local time (9:45 PM Kyiv time).

Oleksandr Hlyvinskyi, press secretary of the national team of Ukraine