The head coach of the Ukrainian national team Oleksandr Petrakov published the list of players called up for the training camp of the national team in Slovenia, which will precede the decisive qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup.
According to the official website of the UAF, 25 players from Ukrainian clubs will start preparing for the semi-final match of the playoffs for the FIFA World Cup against Scotland..
At the suggestion of UEFA and at the invitation of the Football Union of Slovenia, they will gather on April 29 in Slovenia, where they will live and train on the basis of the national association of this country in the Gorensky region.
It is noted that Ukrainian legionnaires who play in foreign championships will join the national team after their clubs finish the season..
Midfielders Mikhail Mudryk from Shakhtar and Olexiy Gutsulyak from Dnipro-1 received their debut calls to the national team. But Dynamo defenders Alexander Tymchik and Nikita Burda will not help the national team due to injuries.
Ukrainian national team squad Goalkeepers: Heorhiy Bushchan (Dynamo), Andriy Pyatov, Anatoly Trubin (both Shakhtar), Dmytro Riznyk (Vorskla).
Defenders: Oleksandr Karavaev, Ilya Zabarny, Oleksandr Sirota, Denis Popov (all - Dynamo), Mykola Matvienko, Serhiy Kryvtsov, Viktor Kornienko, Valeriy Bondar, Yefim Konoplya (all - Shakhtar).
Midfielders: Taras Stepanenko, Mykhailo Mudryk (both Shakhtar), Serhiy Sydorchuk, Viktor Tsygankov, Mykola Shaparenko, Vitaliy Buyalsky, Denys Garmash (all - Dynamo), Serhiy Buletsa (Zorya), Oleksandr Pikhalyonok, Oleksiy Gutsulyak.
Forwards: Artem Dovbik (Dnepr-1"
The Scotland-Ukraine match was supposed to take place on March 24 at Hampden Park in Glasgow, but due to the full-scale invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine, the game was postponed.
UEFA recently announced that the match will take place on June 1.
The winner of the one-match confrontation will advance to the final of the playoffs, where on June 5 in Cardiff he will play for a ticket to the World Cup against Wales.
Recall that the draw for the final part of the 2022 World Cup has already taken place. If Petrakov's team can reach the world championship, then they will fight there in group B with England, the USA and Iran.
World Cup in Qatar will be held from November 21 to December 18, 2022.