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Ukraine's national football team invites everyone to buy a virtual ticket for Sunday's 2022 World Cup play-off final, with the money raised to be used to rebuild Ukraine through the United24 fundraising platform. The United24 project team told this to Ukrinform. "The qualifying playoff final against Wales will take place on June 5. As before the match against Scotland, the sale of virtual tickets started again for those who are ready to support the national team and Ukraine," the statement reads. The funds raised from the sale of virtual tickets will traditionally be transferred through the United24 platform to one…

Ukraine and Wales will meet in Cardiff on Sunday in a final bid to reach the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The match will take place at the 33,000-seat Cardiff City Stadium. It will start at 19:00 Kyiv time. Earlier, Ukraine beat Scotland 3:1 and Wales saw off Austria 2:1 in the play-off semi-finals. Read also: Ukraine seal emotional win against Scotland at Hampden The winner of Sunday's play-off final will face England, USA, and Iran in Group B. 2022 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to take place in Qatar from 21 November to 18 December 2022. ol

National Team Ukraine have made a step closer to the 2022 World Cup as they beat Scotland 3-1 in an away play-off semi-final. Worldwide attention was on the game due to Russia’s invasion of their neighbors in February but when the focus turned to football it was Ukraine who were the more accomplished, PA Media reported. Scotland’s 39-year-old keeper Craig Gordon kept the visitors at bay only until the 33rd minute when skipper Andriy Yarmolenko deservedly put the visitors ahead and Roman Yaremchuk doubled that lead with a header three minutes after the break. Midfielder Callum McGregor pulled a goal…

An emotional Oleksandr Zinchenko expressed his dream of reaching the World Cup and giving the Ukrainian people some richly-deserved feelings of pride and happiness. The Manchester City player broke down in tears at a media conference at Hampden as he outlined what Ukraine’s delayed World Cup play-off semi-final against Scotland meant to him, PA Media reports. Zinchenko firstly thanked his hosts for postponing the game in March, weeks after Russia’s invasion of his country, to give Ukraine the chance to qualify for the Qatar finals. But he added that he and his teammates had arrived in Glasgow in a “fighting…

"Of course, the situation with a six-month break did no good to us, so it will be extremely difficult in this situation." Andriy Vorobey, a former star of National Team Ukraine and Shakhtar Donetsk FC, told Ukrinform in an exclusive comment, how Ukrainians can beat the Scots in the qualifier. “How do you think we could win? First of all, it’s about the right mindset and responsibility that lays on their shoulders, as well as their desire and dedication. There is no time to rehabilitate so it’s everyone’s character and personal skills that kick in. Of course, the situation with…

According to Metalist's coach, a lot will depend on the game of our legionnaires. The head manager of Metalist Kharkiv FC, Oleksandr Kucher, told Ukrinform in a comment he believed Ukraine would be able to beat Scotland in the upcoming 2022 World Cup playoff match. "I think Ukraine will be able to win. Of course, it’s a shame that the guys couldn’t play stably, that our home league discontinued due to the war. Nevertheless, there are legionnaires who haven’t stopped playing, including Zinchenko and Malinovsky. Read also: Kyiv talk of upcoming Scotland-Ukraine match, sotto voce Our guys have enough character,…

We roamed the center of Kyiv to learn about people's moods ahead of the World Cup playoff away fixture between Ukraine and Scotland. With only a day left until the kickoff of the year for National Team Ukraine, which will play Scotland in Glasgow on June 1, we decided to find out what Kyivans felt ahead of the match and whether they were going to watch it at all. Ukraine continues to defend its land from Russian invasion.  Kyiv has withstood the blow but never stopped upping defenses for a potential onslaught in the future.  It's unusually empty at the…

Eduard Sobol admits National Team Ukraine will be motivated by their country’s struggle against Russia in Wednesday night’s Football World Cup qualifying play-off semi-final against Scotland. That's according to PA Media, Ukrinform reports. Ukraine was invaded in February and worry and fear for family and friends back home dominates the thoughts of the squad which will travel to Hampden Park looking for the win which would take them into the play-off final against Wales in Cardiff. Defender Sobol, 27, won the Belgium title with Club Brugge before arriving at Ukraine’s training camp in Slovenia after a delay due to a…

Ukraine national team finished its participation in the XIII Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing (China). Over the nine days of competition, Ukrainian athletes won 11 gold, 10 silver, 8 bronze medals and ranked second in the overall team standing, Ukrinform reports. Twenty-nine Ukrainian athletes competed in two sports (biathlon and skiing): 20 Paralympians (13 - with musculoskeletal disorders, 7 - with visual impairments) and 9 guides. Ukraine national team showed its best result at the Winter Paralympics since 1998. ol