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Nations League 2024/2025. Ukraine arrives in Batumi and holds training ahead of Georgia clash
Today, the Ukraine national team moved from their training camp in Belek, Turkiye, to the Georgian city of Batumi.
They will face Georgia tomorrow at the AdjaraBet Arena on matchday 5 of the Nations League 2024/2025 Group B1 stage. The match is set to kick off at 19:00 Kyiv time.
At 16:30 Kyiv time, the pre-match press conference featuring head coach Serhiy Rebrov and defender Vitaliy Mykolenko took place. At 17:00, the team began their traditional pre-match training session at the venue for tomorrow's game.
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The next day, on November 17, the team will travel to Tirana. The traditional pre-match media activities will be held on November 18 (details to be confirmed). On November 19, Ukraine will conclude its group stage matches against Albania at Air Albania Stadium, with the game set to kick off at 21:45 Kyiv time. Tickets for Ukrainian fans for this final match are still available for purchase.
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Ukraine National Team Roster
Goalkeepers: Georgiy Bushchan (Dynamo Kyiv), Anatoliy Trubin (Benfica, Portugal), Dmytro Riznyk (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Defenders: Mykola Matviyenko, Yukhym Konoplya, Valeriy Bondar (all from Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleksandr Tymchyk (Dynamo Kyiv), Vitaliy Mykolenko (Everton, England), Illia Zabarnyi (Bournemouth, England), Maksym Talovierov (LASK, Austria).
Midfielders: Mykola Shaparenko, Volodymyr Brazhko (both from Dynamo Kyiv), Georgiy Sudakov, Dmytro Kryskiv, Oleksandr Zubkov (all from Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleksiy Hutsulyak, Oleksandr Nazarenko (both from Polissya Zhytomyr), Ivan Kalyuzhnyi (Oleksandriya), Mykhailo Mudryk (Chelsea, England), Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal, London, England), Yehor Yarmoliuk (Brentford, England).
Forwards: Artem Dovbyk (Roma, Italy), Roman Yaremchuk (Olympiacos, Greece), Vladyslav Vanat (Dynamo Kyiv).
Reserves: Taras Stepanenko, Danylo Sikan (both from Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleksandr Svatok (Austin, USA), Bohdan Mykhailichenko (Polissya Zhytomyr), Vladyslav Kabaiev (Dynamo Kyiv).
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Nations League 2024/2025. Group B1
Matchday 1
September 7, 2024
Georgia - Czechia - 4:1
Ukraine - Albania - 1:2
Matchday 2
September 10, 2024
Czechia - Ukraine - 3:2
Albania - Georgia - 0:1
Matchday 3
October 11, 2024
Czechia - Albania - 2:0
Ukraine - Georgia - 1:0
Matchday 4
October 14, 2024
Georgia - Albania - 0:1
Ukraine - Czechia - 1:1
Standings
|
|
Teams |
M |
W |
D |
L |
GD |
P |
|
1 |
Czechia |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
7—7 |
7 |
|
2 |
Georgia |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
5—3 |
6 |
|
3 |
Albania |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3—4 |
6 |
|
4 |
Ukraine |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5—6 |
4 |
Matchday 5
