Lunin's Injury in the Ukrainian National Team: Who Will Replace the Goalkeeper in the Match Against France.

The Ukrainian national football team is preparing for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers and has faced difficulties due to the injury of goalkeeper Andriy Lunin from Madrid's 'Real'. A friendly match against France and a meeting with Azerbaijan are next in line.

According to inkorr.com: Georgiy Bushchan, who plays for 'Al-Shabab' in Saudi Arabia, will replace Lunin in the team.

Composition of the Ukrainian National Team

Goalkeepers: Georgiy Bushchan ('Al-Shabab', Saudi Arabia), Anatoliy Trubin ('Benfica' Lisbon, Portugal), Dmytro Riznyk ('Shakhtar' Donetsk).

Defenders: Ilya Zabarnyi ('Paris Saint-Germain', Paris, France), Oleksandr Svatok ('Austin', USA), Valeriy Bondar, Mykola Matviyenko, Yukhym Konoplia (all - 'Shakhtar' Donetsk), Taras Mykhavko ('Dynamo' Kyiv), Bohdan Mykhailichenko ('Polissya' Zhytomyr), Vitaliy Mykolenko ('Everton', Liverpool, England).

Midfielders: Oleksandr Zinchenko ('Nottingham Forest', England), Yegor Yarmolyuk ('Brentford', England), Ivan Kalyuzhny ('Metalist 1925', Kharkiv), Mykola Shaparenko, Nazar Voloshin (both - 'Dynamo' Kyiv), Oleg Ocheretko, Artem Bondarenko (both - 'Shakhtar' Donetsk), Oleksiy Hutsulyak, Oleksandr Nazarenko (both - 'Polissya' Zhytomyr), Viktor Tsygankov ('Girona', Spain), Georgiy Sudakov ('Benfica', Lisbon, Portugal), Oleksandr Zubkov ('Trabzonspor', Trabzon, Turkey).

Forwards: Roman Yaremchuk ('Olympiacos', Piraeus, Greece), Artem Dovbik ('Roma', Rome, Italy), Vladyslav Vanat ('Girona', Spain).

Reserve List

Yevhen Cheberko ('Columbus Crew', USA), Oleksandr Pikhalyonok, Volodymyr Brazhko (both - 'Dynamo' Kyiv).

The Azerbaijani national team is also preparing for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, which will take place in the USA, Canada, and Mexico. It is worth noting that Russia has been excluded from the tournament, and 16 teams from Europe will participate in it.