Yesterday, May 18, the Ukrainian national football team in Croatia played a draw against Rijeka (1:1) in the third friendly match in preparation for the playoffs of the 2022 World Cup.

With this match, the football team of Ukraine set a historical record in Europe. Before Ukraine, no national team managed to play two matches in different countries within one day, reports news. obozrevatel. com.

Note that the day before, the Ukrainians in Italy beat Empoli with a score of 3:1.

In 1935, Austria played in the Czech Republic and Hungary during the day, but the Austrians delegated different squads to the games.

Recall, on June 1, the Ukrainian national team will meet with Scotland in Glasgow as part of the semi-finals of the playoff selection for the 2022 World Cup.. The winner of the match on June 5 in Cardiff will play with Wales. Also in June, the Ukrainians should play three matches in the League of Nations.

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Earlier it was reported that Petrakov officially expelled five players from the Ukrainian national team.