The final of the playoffs of the 2022 World Cup. Wales - Ukraine: all the most interesting on the day of the match
Today in Cardiff at Cardiff City Stadium The national team of Ukraine will meet the team of Wales in the final of the playoffs for the 2022 World Cup (the meeting will start at 19.00 Kyiv time).
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The starting line-up of the national team of Ukraine: 1. Georgy Bushchan, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 22. Mykola Matvienko, 13. Ilya Zabarny, 21. Oleksandr Karavaev, 6. Taras Stepanenko, 8. Ruslan Malinovsky, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 7. Andriy Yarmolenko ( j), 9. Roman Yaremchuk.
Substitutions: 2. Eduard Sobol, 3. Valery Bondar, 4. Oleksandr Sirota, 5. Serhiy Sidorchuk, 10. Mykola Shaparenko, 11. Artem Dovbyk, 12. Andriy Pyatov, 14. Mykhailo Mudryk, 18. Oleksandr Pihalonok, 19. Taras Kacharaba, 20. Alexander Zubkov, 23. Dmitry Riznik.
Of those players who are currently in Glasgow, Danilo Sikan, Denis Popov, Andriy Lunin and Danylo Ignatenko were not included in the official application.
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The final of the playoffs for the 2022 World Cup Wales - Ukraine will take place at Cardiff City Stadium, which is used not only for football matches, but also for rugby matches.
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122 journalists and 45 photojournalists were accredited for the meeting.
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The match is expected to be sold out: the hosts in the stands of Cardiff City Stadium will be supported by 33 spectators, and our team - 000 fans.
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This morning, our team took a 20-minute walk along Cardiff's waterfront.
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At today's meeting with the participation of representatives of the teams and officials of the match, it was determined that the national team of Ukraine will play in a blue set of uniforms. The Welsh will meet in red.
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An interesting fact about today's opponent: the Welsh national team, as well as our national team, only once performed in the final part of the World Cup. But if the Blue and Yellows played in the World Cup 16 years ago, in 2006, the Welsh played 64 years ago, in 1958.
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In today's match, the winner must be determined. If the main time ends in a draw, two additional halves of 15 minutes each will be scheduled. If the score remains equal after that, the teams will compete in a penalty shootout.
The winner will receive a ticket to the finals of the World Cup in Qatar.
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Official roster of the national team of Ukraine for the match (by numbers)
1. Georgiy Bushchan, 2. Eduard Sobol, 3. Valeriy Bondar, 4. Oleksandr Syrota, 5. Serhiy Sydorchuk, 6. Taras Stepanenko, 7. Andriy Yarmolenko, 8. Ruslan Malinovskyi, 9. Roman Yaremchuk, 10. Mykola Shaparenko, 11. Artem Dovbyk, 12. Andriy Pyatov, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 14. Mykhailo Mudryk, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 18. Oleksandr Pikhalyonok, 19. Taras Kacharaba, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 21. Oleksandr Karavaev, 22. Mykola Matviyenko, 23. Dmytro Riznyk.
Danylo Sikan, Denys Popov, Andriy Lunin and Danylo Ignatenko were not included in the roster of those players who are currently in Cardiff.
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