The victorious matches of Shakhtar over Napoli (2-1) and Dynamo Kyiv over Skenderbau (3-1) moved our players a few lines up, adding to the total score almost 1 point.

Now Ukraine has 35.7 points in the rating. The defeat of Lugansk "Dawn" a little spoiled the overall statistics. But the Swedes have changed to the 23rd line.

Experts are sure that the "blue-yellow" has great chances both of getting into the main grid of the World Cup - 2018, and of winning the European League.

Ukraine to play their next match against Croatia. Shevchenko argues that to get out of the second place of the group you need two wins.

As reported in the "URA-Inform", previously the Ukrainian team significantly improved its position in the updated rating of the International Football Federation (FIFA). So, the national team of Ukraine has risen on 12 steps and now occupies 25 place.