Ukraine will play a friendly match once morest Borussia Mönchengladbach and its Swiss colony on May 11, the Ukrainian federation announced in a press release.
This meeting will serve as preparation for the play-off for the World Cup scheduled for June 1 in Scotland.
This game will take place at Borussia Park, in Mönchengladbach. In response, the Ukrainian association (AUF) expressed ‘its gratitude’ to the club, while this match will represent ‘an important element’ in the preparation for the World Cup play-offs in Qatar (November 21 – December 18).
The duel once morest Scotland, whose winner will challenge Wales on June 5 for a place in Qatar, had been moved from March 24 to June 1 at the request of Ukraine following the Russian invasion. The Ukrainians should start their preparation at the beginning of May, in Slovenia, while their local infrastructures are threatened by the bombardments.
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