The French team, which the Ukrainian national team will play today at Parc des Princes Stadium in Paris for the fifth round of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers (kickoff at 9:45 PM Kyiv time), is the most frequent opponent in Ukraine's history: this will be our fourteenth match against them.

Unfortunately, the statistics of these encounters are not in favor of the Ukrainian national team: seven times the French won, once the Ukrainians won, and five matches ended in a draw. The difference in goals scored and conceded in these games is 25-8 in favor of our opponents.

Among those who have scored against one of the world's top national teams are Ukrainians Andriy Voronin, Andriy Shevchenko, Roman Zozulya, Andriy Yarmolenko, Viktor Tsygankov, and Mykola Shaparenko. Another goal was an own goal by French player Presnel Kimpembe, while another was scored by a traitor who betrayed his homeland...