Head coach of the Ukrainian national team Sergei Rebrov radically updated the squad for the match against France. Only four players had previously consistently taken the field in qualifying games: Anatoly Trubin, Ilya Zabarny, Yegor Yarmolyuk and Alexey Gutsulyak. The rest got a chance to prove themselves almost from scratch.

The starting lineup of the Ukrainian national team for the match with France: Trubin - Karavaev, Svatok, Zabarny, Mikhavko - Nazarina, Ocheretko, Yarmolyuk - Gutsulyak, Yaremchuk, Mikhailichenko.

Thus, Alexander Karavaev was called up to the national team for the first time in two years. Alexander Svatok will play only his second match in 2025 - before that he appeared only in the return leg of the Nations League playoffs with Belgium. Taras Mikhavko makes his debut for the national team, and Egor Nazarina returns after a two-year break. Roman Yaremchuk will hold his first fight in the current qualification for the 2026 World Cup.

" I can't reveal details right now. We are preparing and understand what awaits us, but there is no point in talking about it. Both games are important, we can't think about Iceland. I’m sure that the guys who will take to the field are determined to take points,” said Sergei Rebrov in a commentary to Suspilne Sport on the eve of the meeting.

It also became known where you can watch the fight in Ukraine.