Losses
France: Rabiot (quarantine), Sissoko (not summoned). Doubtful: Lengle (damage).
Ukraine: Stepanenko, Pyatov (both – coronavirus), Zinchenko, Konoplyanka, Tymchik (all – trauma). Doubtful: Supryaga (damage).
On the eve of the Nations League matches, the representatives of Division A teams of France and Ukraine will play a test game between themselves. And if the world champions in this meeting will solve local problems in order to play together, remember the game connections, then Andriy Shevchenko, the mentor of the “zhovto-blakitnykh”, will solve the puzzle: how to replace the retired leaders?
The Ukrainians have a real problem: the whole of Shakhtar went into quarantine due to positive tests for coronavirus from the teams of Pyatov and Stepanenko. This time. Other leaders were also injured: Zinchenko, Konoplyanka, Tymchik. It looks like Supryaga won’t be ready to play either. The situation, frankly, is not easy, and it will be curious how Shevchenko will get out of it.
But it is obvious that such a squad of the Ukrainian national team in Paris will have problems. Hardly as serious as in the last League of Nations match in Spain (0: 4), it is still a friendly game, but considering that the French have all the leaders in the ranks (with the exception of Rabiot), and remembering how confidently they recently figured out with the Croats (4: 2), you can expect an abundance of goals.
My bet is the victory of the “tricolors” through total over 2.5 for a good odds of 1.75. Note that I am not discounting the possible goal of Ukraine.
