The match between Albania and Ukraine starts at 21:45 Kyiv time
Upcoming match Ukrainian national team against Albania within the sixth round Nations League 2024/25 will become significant for three team players at once Sergei Rebrov.
Defender Ilya Zabarny will take to the field wearing the national team jersey for the 45th time. At the same time, only on September 1st Ilya turned 22 years old. He made his debut for the Ukrainian national team back in October 2020 in a friendly match against the French national team (1:7), becoming the second youngest debutant in the history of the national team (having entered the field at the age of 18 years and 36 days).
Another defender Efim Hemptoday will play his 20th match for the Ukrainian national team. He made his debut in the same match against the French national team (1:7).
Winger Alexey Gutsulyak Today he will have his 5th match. He made his debut this year: March 21, 2024 in the playoffs of the qualification for Euro 2024 against Bosnia and Herzegovina (2:1).
The match at the Air Albania stadium will start at 21:45 Kyiv time. The main referee will be Portuguese Joao Pinheiro. Vadim Skichko and Vitaly Kravchenko will comment on the broadcast on the Megogo platform.
Ukraine ranks last in Group B1 with only five points. Albania and Georgia have seven points each, while the leading Czech Republic has eight.
In the confrontation with Albania, Ukraine will only be satisfied with victory. A draw or defeat will automatically relegate the Blue-Yellows to Division C of the Nations League. To take second place and qualify for promotion, the blue-yellows, in addition to their own victory, also need the Georgian team to fail to win away against the Czech Republic.
Illya #Zabarny — match No. 45 for #zbirna #ALBUKR #UEFANationsLeague
Scouts of Liverpool, Chelsea, ManCity and the Omikron Perseus 8 team – get ready to watch it again 😆 pic.twitter.com/Rx9fqFGkse
— Artur Valerko :: Artur Valerko (@ArchieValerko) November 19, 2024
Yukhim #Hemp — match No. 20 for #zbirna #ALBUKR #UEFANationsLeague
Debut – at the Stade de France, 1:7 in 2020.And one of the two goals was scored in the match against Albania! pic.twitter.com/O1ji6h1vwX
— Artur Valerko :: Artur Valerko (@ArchieValerko) November 19, 2024
Oleksiy #Hutsulyak — match No. 5 for #zbirna #ALBUKR #UEFANationsLeagueFrom the debut against Bosnia (2:1), still representing Dnipro-1, until now! pic.twitter.com/Ss5UaW61ts
— Artur Valerko :: Artur Valerko (@ArchieValerko) November 19, 2024
Source: Sportarena
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