The blue-and-yellow team is finishing preparations for their first June match — against the German national team. Ahead of the friendly game in Nuremberg, Ruslan Malinovskiy assessed the strength of the opponent.

"Impressions from the Champions League final are only positive, a great match by both opponents. As they say, two teams play but Madrid wins. Congratulations to Andriy Lunin on this victory!"

How does Real Madrid manage to win? There are such teams as Juventus in Italy that always take the trophy no matter how they played. Of course, these are high individual qualities of world-class footballers. They play with the best players there. It's very difficult to face such a team. Borussia had many chances in the first half. They played very well, but this is football. A great pity, of course.

Yes, Germany will be playing without Champions League finalists. But those boys who come out want to show that they deserve to play at Euro. All players who make it into the German national team are of very high level. We know the strength of this team; it will be an interesting match and we'll have to work hard.

Now Germany has a different coach, so their game will differ from last year's one. Germany supports Ukraine, so for fans it will be a great match. We will try our best to show our best football."

If we compare the Ukrainian team with the one that reached the quarter-finals of Euro 2020, many boys have stayed. Of course, there are several new players who strengthen the national team. But it's hard to compare; we'll see by the results.

The match against Germany is one of three preparatory ones. We will try to play our best football. Mistakes from previous games need to be eliminated, and what didn't work in attack needs to be improved. We have to show good football for our fans and our country," — said Ruslan Malinovskiy.

Ukraine National Team Roster

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

Defenders: Mykola Matviyenko, Yurym Konoplyanka, Valeriy Bondar (all — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Oleksandr Timchyk («Dynamo» Kyiv), Vitaliy Mykolenko («Everton» Liverpool, England), Illia Zabarny («Bournemouth», England), Oleksandr Svatok (SK «Dnipro-1» Dnipropetrovsk), Maksym Taloviyev (LASK Linz, Austria), Bohdan Mykhaylichenko («Polesye» Zhytomyr).

Midfielders: Andriy Yarmolenko, Mikhaylo Shaparenko, Volodymyr Brazyk (all — «Dynamo» Kyiv), Taras Stepanenko, Oleksandr Zubkov, Georgiy Sudakov (all — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Oleksandr Zinchenko («Arsenal» London, England), Viktor Tsygankov («Girona», Spain), Mykhaylo Mudryk («Chelsea» London, England), Serhiy Sydorchuk («Westerlo», Belgium), Ruslan Malinovskiy («Genoa» Genoa, Italy).

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

Reserve List: Dmytro Ryzhnik, Danylo Sykan (both — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Denys Popov, Vitaliy Buyalskiy, Vladyslav Kabayev (all — «Dynamo» Kyiv), Yegor Yarmoluk («Brentford», England).

Recalling, on June 3 in Nuremberg, Germany our team will play a friendly match against the hosts of Euro-2024 (tickets). The start time is at 9:45 PM Kyiv time.

The next day, blue-and-yellow will fly to Warsaw. In the capital of a neighboring country, Ukrainians will play their next preparatory and friendly match — against Poland on June 7 (tickets). The start time is at 9:45 PM Kyiv time.

The final game of the pre-tournament training will be a match against Moldova's national team on June 11 in Chisinau (tickets). The start time is at 6:00 PM Kyiv time.

The next day, June 12, the national team will arrive at their permanent location for Euro-2024 — the town of Wiesbaden.

Group E Match Schedule for Euro-2024

June 17. Romania — Ukraine. "Arena Munich". Munich. 9:00 AM

June 17. Belgium — Slovakia. "Frankfurt Stadium". Frankfurt am Main. 2:00 PM

June 21. Slovakia — Ukraine. "Düsseldorf-Arena" . Düsseldorf. 9:00 AM

June 22. Belgium — Romania. "Cologne Stadium". Cologne. 10:00 PM

June 26. Slovakia — Romania. "Frankfurt Stadium". Frankfurt am Main. 2:00 PM

June 26. Ukraine — Belgium. "Stuttgart-Arena". Stuttgart. 2:00 PM

Match start times are in Kyiv time.