The national team of Ukraine held a pre-match training session on the field where tomorrow's match will take place. The day before the match, the blue-and-yellow began their work early: at 11 AM, there was a theoretical session for the squad.

At 4:25 PM, the bus with Ukraine’s national team set off from Sarajevo to Zenica. The road to the "Bilino Polje" arena actually runs along the Bosna River, which winds through Bosnia and flows into the Sava, carrying swift waters to the Danube. The distance from Sarajevo to Zenica is 72 kilometers — a quarter of the 308-kilometer length of the Bosna River. The Ukrainians covered this stretch by bus in just 50 minutes, crossing the mentioned river more than twenty times.

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In the evening in Zenica, it noticeably cooled down — a sign of early spring. At the same time, the grass on "Bilino Polje" is of good quality: football players characterized it as fast.

All 28 players participated in the official training session, including Viktor Tsygankov, who along with the team completed all warm-up exercises. In particular, there was work with balls: control and possession, passing.

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In the main part of the evening session, attention was given to direct preparation for tomorrow's match: rehearsing combinations with noticeable rotation of performers.

As head coach Serhiy Rebrov mentioned at the pre-match press conference, all players are working responsibly and diligently, so it will be very difficult for him to make a selection of 23 players for the matchday squad. We'll find out about the first eleven tomorrow — 75 minutes before the start of the game.

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The referee's whistle for the semi-final of the Euro 2024 qualifier will sound at 9:45 PM Kyiv time.

Squad of Ukraine

Goalkeepers: Georgiy Bushchan («Dynamo» Kiev), Anatoliy Trubin («Benfica» Lisbon, Portugal), Andriy Lunin («Real Madrid», Spain).

Defenders: Oleksandr Karavaev, Dmytro Popov, Oleksandr Timchik (all — «Dynamo» Kiev), Mykola Matviyenko, Yurym Konoplyanka, Valeriy Bondar (all — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Bohdan Mikhaylichenko («Polesye» Zhytomyr), Vitaliy Mykolenko («Everton», Liverpool, England), Illia Zabarny (Bournemouth FC, England), Maxim Talovoyev (LASK Linz, Austria).

Midfielders: Oleksandr Zubkov, Georgiy Sudakov (both — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Mykola Shaparenko, Volodymyr Brazyko (both — «Dynamo» Kiev), Oleksandr Pichalenko, Oleksiy Hutsulyak (both — SK «Dnipro-1», Dnipropetrovsk), Oleksandr Zinchenko («Arsenal» London, England), Viktor Tsygankov («Girona», Spain), Mykhaylo Mudryk («Chelsea» London, England), Serhiy Sidorchuk («Waasland-Beveren», Belgium), Ruslan Malinovskyi («Genoa», Genoa, Italy).

Forwards: Artem Dovbyk («Girona», Spain), Roman Yaremchuk («Valencia», Spain), Danylo Sikan («Shakhtar» Donetsk), Vladyslav Vanat («Dynamo» Kiev).

Reserve list: Dmytro Riznyk, Yegor Nazarina (both — «Shakhtar» Donetsk).

Oleksandr Hlyvinskyi, press secretary of the national team of Ukraine