The Real Madrid goalkeeper will be replaced in the Blue-Yellows' roster Dmytro Riznyk.
Real Madrid goalkeeper Andriy Lunin will not help the Ukrainian national team in the final matches of the group stage of the 2024/25 Nations League against Georgia and Albania.
According to the official Telegram channel of the UAF, the goalkeeper of the “creamy” will not come to the national team for the November matches due to family circumstances. He will be replaced in the application of the “blue-yellows” by the goalkeeper of Donetsk “Shakhtar” Dmytro Riznyk.
Earlier it was reported that midfielder of the Spanish “Girona” Viktor Tsygankov will not help the Ukrainian national team in the decisive matches of the League of Nations due to a trauma. Instead, the head coach of the “blue-yellows” Serhiy Rebrov called up to the national team the midfielder of Kyiv “Dynamo” Vitaliy Buyalsky.
Rebrov's team will play the match with Georgia on November 16 in Batumi at the AdjaraBet Arena. After that, the Ukrainians will play against Albania on November 19 in Tirana at the Air Albania stadium.
After the fourth round of the League of Nations, the Ukrainian team occupies the last place in Group B1, having 4 points. The Czech Republic is leading with 7 points. Georgia and Albania are in second and third positions, respectively, with 6 points each.
According to the new format of the League of Nations, a participant in the group tournament in Division B, where the Ukrainian national team competes, if it takes:
- first place – will rise to Division A;
- second place – will play playoff matches for access to Division A with the team that finishes third in the Division A group;
- third place – will play a play-off to retain their place in Division B with the team that finishes second in the Division C group;
- fourth place – will be relegated to Division C.