Head coach of the national team of Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko announced the list of players who received a challenge for friendly matches against Saudi Arabia and Japan.

Head coach of the national team of Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko called on friendly matches against Saudi Arabia and Japan 25 players.

To six legionaries who learned about their call to the team a little earlier, joined forward Kayserispora Artem Kravets, as well as another 18 players from the Ukrainian Premier League.

The composition of the Ukrainian national team for the matches against Saudi Arabia and Japan.

Goalkeepers: Andrey Pyatov (Shakhtar), Andrei Lunin (Dawn), Denis Boyko (Dynamo);.

Defenders: Yaroslav Rakitsky, Bogdan Butko, Ivan Ordets, Nikolai Matviyenko (all - Shakhtar), Yevgeny Khacheridi, Nikita Burda (both are Dynamo), Alexander Karavaev (Dawn), Eduard Sobol (Slavia);.

Midfielders: Ruslan Rotan, Viktor Tsygankov, Vitaliy Buyalsky, Vladimir Shepelev (all - Dynamo), Taras Stepanenko, Marlos, Victor Kovalenko (all - Shakhtar), Andrey Yarmolenko (Borussia D), Eugene Konoplyanka (Schalke), Ruslan Malinovsky (Genk) , Alexander Zinchenko (Manchester City);.

Forwards: Artem Besedin (Dynamo), Artem Kravets (Kayserispor), Roman Yaremchuk (Ghent).

In addition, the reserve of the national team included three more players:

defender Alexander Svatok (Zarya), midfielder Ivan Petryak (Shakhtar) and striker Yuri Kolomoets (Vorskla).

Recall that the match against the team of Saudi Arabia will be held on March 23 in Marbella, Spain, and a meeting with Japan will be held on March 27 in Belgian Liege at the stadium Maurice Dufran.

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