Today in Nuremberg, Ukraine's national team will play a friendly match as part of their preparation for the Euro 2024 qualifiers. The game against Germany will start at 9:45 PM Kyiv time.

90+3 min. Final whistle by the referee, fixing a scoreless draw in this thrilling friendly between Germany and Ukraine! We are sure that fans enjoyed this match, while head coach Serhiy Rebrov's staff received valuable information ahead of official Euro 2024 matches!

90+2 min. Crazy save by Trubin who denied Germany a goal during their counterattack!

90+1 min. The referee added 3 minutes of stoppage time to the second half!

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90 min. A dangerous moment for Ukraine! Neuer saved a close-range shot from Yarmolenko in the near corner!

88 min. A dangerous moment for Ukraine! Neuer made an error on his clearance, Dovbik came out to empty goal and scored but Artem was offside!

86 min. Dovbik opened up well during a counterattack, tried to play one-on-one with Zubkov in the final third, but lacked understanding between players.

85 min. Trubin confidently played in the air, neutralizing another German corner threat!

82 min. Trubin clears a dangerous German corner with his hands! Nagelsmann's team continues to press!

80 min. Substitution for Ukraine! Konoply goes off to rest, and Rebrov brings on Timchik!

78 min. A dangerous moment for Germany! Trubin makes a save after a powerful shot from Fürstner who finished a prolonged German attack!

76 min. Brazhko fouls Müller, Ukrainians control the ball in these moments of the match.

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74 min. Substitutions made by Ukraine's team. Yaremchuk is replaced by Dovbik, while Shaparenko will be substituted for Sudakov.

12 min. The defenders block a long shot from Wirtz, and Stepanenko was quicker to the ball than Gros who fouled our captain!

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10 min. Mittelstadt's long shot from the right did not hit the target of Ukraine's goal! From a distance.

8 min. The Ukrainians break Germany’s high press through passes, transitioning from defense to attack. Rebrov's players seem psychologically confident for this game.

6 min. Germany slowly develop their attacks, playing the ball across the width of the pitch. The blue and yellow team tries to concentrate in defensive actions and not leave space for opponents.

4 min. A dangerous attack by Ukraine! Mudryk received a pass from Shaparenko, broke into a counterattack, shot off the defender's deflection, but Ciganchuk could not hit the target in his second attempt!

3 min. The Germans immediately took control of the ball, forcing Ukrainians to defend from the first moments of the match.

1 min. The game has started! Germany kicks off with a center circle restart.

A minute of silence and applause in memory of former German national team player Bernd Hölzenbein.

The German team is wearing white kits today, while the Ukrainian team is in blue.

Traditional handshakes between players of both teams, captains Gundogan and Stepanenko greet the referee at the pre-match coin toss ceremony. And, of course, a group photo with the teams against the backdrop of the banner Peace - Peace!

The national anthems of Ukraine and Germany are being played.

Congratulations to the match participants who are coming out from under the stands at Nuremberg's arena! Ukrainians traditionally come out for another football battle wrapped in their country flags!

A few minutes remain until the referee's whistle starts the game, Walter Altman from Austria. And the teams are already ready to appear on the emerald pitch of Max-Morlock stadium! About 2500 of our fans will welcome the Ukrainian team from the stands!

The match in Nuremberg will be the tenth in history between Germany and Ukraine, and blue-and-yellow still lacks a victory over a powerful opponent. There were four draws recorded, including the last encounter where both teams put on an impressive goal-scoring display - 3-3!

Friendly games are opportunities for experiments before Euro 2024. Today, Ukrainians will start their match against Germany with a series of unexpected coaching decisions, including Alexander Zinchenko's position in defense and the return to the team lineup of creative midfielder Mykola Shaparenko.

Today’s game is significant for Ukraine's national team coach Serhiy Rebrov. This match against Germany marks the beginning of his coaching journey with the national team, and today Serhiy Stanislavovich celebrates a milestone - 50 years old!

Good evening, dear fans! Today Ukraine's national team will play their first friendly match as part of their preparation for the 2024 European Championship finals! The opponent of blue and yellow is the host of continental supremacy and a grand of European football - Germany's national team!

Starting lineup for Germany: 1. Manuel Neuer, 4. Jonathan Tah, 5. Pascal Groß, 6. Joshua Kimmich, 7. Kai Havertz, 10. Jamal Musiala, 16. Waldemar Anton, 17. Florian Wirtz, 18. Maximilian Mittelstädt, 21. Ilkay Gündogan (c), 23. Robert Andrighetto.

Substitutes: 12. Oliver Baumann, 15. Alexander Nübel, 22. Marc-André ter Stegen, 3. David Raum, 9. Bryan Gómez, 11. Kress Fürstner, 13. Thomas Müller, 14. Maximilian Bayer, 19. Rocco Reitz, 20. Benjamin Henrichs, 24. Robin Koch, 25. Aleksandar Pavlović, 26. Deniz Ünald.

Starting lineup for Ukraine: 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 22. Mykola Matvienko, 3. Oleksandr Svytok, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko,  2. Yurym Konoplyanka, 6. Taras Stepanenko (c), 10. Mykhailo Mudryk, 19. Mykola Shaparenko, 15. Viktor Ciganchuk, 9. Roman Yaremchuk.

Substitutes: 1. Georgiy Bushchan, 4. Maksym Talovyi, 5. Sergiy Sidorchuk, 7. Andriy Yarmolenko, 8. Ruslan Malinovskyi, 11. Artem Dovbik, 14. George Sudakov, 16. Vitalii Mykolenko, 18. Volodymyr Brazhko, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 21. Valeriy Bondar, 23. Andriy Lunin, 24. Oleksandr Timchik, 25. Vladyslav Vanat, 26. Bohdan Mykhailichenko.

Official roster of Ukraine's national team for the match against Germany (by numbers)

1. Georgiy Bushchan, 2. Yurym Konoplyanka, 3. Oleksandr Svytok, 4. Maksym Talovyi, 5. Sergiy Sidorchuk, 6. Taras Stepanenko, 7. Andriy Yarmolenko, 8. Ruslan Malinovskyi, 9. Roman Yaremchuk, 10. Mykhailo Mudryk, 11. Artem Dovbik, 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 14. George Sudakov, 15. Viktor Ciganchuk, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 18. Volodymyr Brazhko, 19. Mykola Shaparenko, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 21. Valeriy Bondar, 22. Mykola Matvienko, 24. Oleksandr Timchik, 25. Vladyslav Vanat, 26. Bohdan Mykhailichenko.

Of the players currently in Ukraine's camp, Vitalii Mykolenko did not make the roster.