One of the leaders of the Ukrainian national team returned to training before the match against Belgium.

Artem Dovbyk returned to training with the Ukrainian national team after missing the first playoff match of the Nations League against Belgium due to a high temperature. Two defenders of Ukraine, Yukhym Konoplya and Oleksiy Sych, left the national team camp after sustaining injuries in this match. Konoplya played only 25 minutes on the field before being replaced by Sych. Currently, work is underway to determine the duration of Konoplya's recovery. The rest of the players will continue to prepare for the return match against Belgium, which will take place on March 23.

Ukraine won against Belgium with a score of 3:1 in the first playoff match for a place in Division A of the Nations League. Bookmakers considered Belgium the favorite of this match.

Nations League. Playoff for a place in League A. First match

Ukraine - Belgium - 3:1 (0:1)

Goals: Hutsulyak (66), Vanat (73), Zabarniy (78) - Lukaku (40).

Ukraine: Lunin, Konoplya (Sych, 25, Yarmolyuk, 62), Zabarniy, Matviienko (c), Mykolenko, Kaliuzhnyi (Nazaryna, 88), Zinchenko, Tsygankov, Shaparenko (Vanat, 62), Sudakov, Yaremchuk (Hutsulyak, 62).

Belgium: Courtois, Meunier, Mechele, De Winter (Raskin, 80), Debast, De Kuyper (Mokhio, 88), Tielemans, De Bruyne (Vanaken, 70), Trossard (Salahmakers, 80), Lukaku (c), De Ketelaere (Lukebakio, 70).

Referee: Sandro Scherer (Switzerland).

Warned: Tielemans (68).