Last weekend, nine legionnaires of the Ukrainian national team, whom Serhiy Rebrov invited for the November matches of the World Cup 2026 qualifiers, played on the football fields of their clubs. This was reported by «Glavkom» referencing UAF.
On Friday, December 5, in the Lisbon derby, «Benfica» drew with «Sporting» (1:1), while «Olympiacos» defeated OFI (3:0).
In the following days, our guys continued to impress: «Everton» beat «Nottingham Forest» (3:0), «Tottenham» came out stronger than «Brentford» (2:0), and «Trabzonspor» defeated «Geztepe» (2:1). At the same time, «Girona» apologized to «Elche» after losing with a score of 0:3. Also, besides these matches, «Genoa» overcame «Udinese» (2:1).
In Group D of the WC-2022 qualifiers, the Ukrainian national team defeated the Icelandic national team with a score of 2:0. Goals were scored by Zubkov in the 83rd minute and Hutsuliak in the 90+3rd minute of the game.