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Real Madrid goalkeeper Andrey Lunин will likely not play in the Champions League match against Liverpool. This is reported by Defensa Central.

According to the source, Real's head coach Carlo Ancelotti had a conversation with Lunin, informing him that in the upcoming Champions League match against Liverpool, Thibaut Courtois, who has recovered from injury, will play.

"It hurts me because you were magnificent," Ancelotti's words to Lunin are conveyed by the publication.

Let’s remember, before the game against Liverpool, the Galacticos will play a La Liga match against Leganés.

Defender of the Ukrainian national team Vitaliy Mykolenko commented on the match of the 6th round of the group stage of the Nations League 2024/2025 with Albania (2:1) and the thousandth day of war with the Russian invaders.

“I hadn’t counted the days of war before, but when I read this morning that the war has been going on for 1000 days, it was hard to think that people live in fear, under shelling, our military have been fighting for such a long time. It is very difficult for me morally...

I have mixed emotions from the match against Albania because the game was very tough. A challenging gathering with two away matches, but I am happy because we showed ourselves as a team, earned four points and took second place in the group. We completed this cycle of the Nations League well, although not perfectly. Serhiy Stanislavovych wished us luck in the clubs we are now switching to. I want to thank our fans who supported us from different parts of the world. We felt this support, saw the messages. Honestly — we tried very hard until the very end and earned three points.

You could say that the first 10 minutes of this match were perfect, but then... The first half, I think, was very good, but in the second, we probably psychologically understood that with a score of 2:0 we should play simpler. At the end, we could have scored three more goals and closed this match, but it turned out as it did. I think we won deservedly. We could have won with a bigger score, more calmly. But it ended up being such a nervous finish. The main thing is that we scored one goal more,” Vitaliy Mykolenko said.

The Ukrainian forward of "Olympiacos", Roman Yaremchuk, may leave the Greek club in winter, reports Sportime.gr.

According to the source, "Olympiacos" is considering the possibility of Yaremchuk moving to another team during the winter transfer window, as the forward is not demonstrating the required level of play, while he performs better in the national team of Ukraine.

We remind you that Yaremchuk’s contract with "Olympiacos" is valid until the summer of 2028.

On Saturday, November 23, the match of the 14th round of the Ukrainian championship will take place, in which Kyiv's «Dynamo» will host Odesa's «Chornomorets». The match will be held at the «Dynamo» Stadium named after V. Lobanovskyi and will start at 15:30.

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Bayern goalkeeper Daniel Peretz has shared his thoughts on his future with the Munich club.

"I’m working hard to become better and stay in shape. Right now, I’m not thinking about a loan move. I want to give my all in every training session. Then the future will show if I will get more playing time in Munich," cited Peretz by Bayern&Germany on their X social media page.

The former player of the national team of Ukraine and "Ludogorets", Ihor Plastun, shared that he has a Bulgarian passport.

— Besides you, Artem Biesedin, and Yevhen Makarenko, a Ukrainian specialist Viktor Ulyanytsky worked in "Ordabasy". Is he staying in the team?

— 99% he will not stay. Everything is pointing to the fact that there will be no Ukrainians in "Ordabasy" next year.

— On the "Ordabasy" club website, your profile shows the flag of Bulgaria. Do you have an explanation?

— After "Ludogorets", my nationality on Transfermarkt is noted as Ukraine/Bulgaria, so some people write sometimes.

— Do you have a Bulgarian passport?

— Yes.

The press service of “Dynamo” congratulated Ukrainians on the Day of Dignity and Freedom in the official Telegram channel.

Real Madrid striker Endrick may go on loan to one of the outsiders of the English Championship, reports Sport.

According to the source, Endrick moved to Real Madrid in the summer of 2024 from Brazilian Palmeiras and has not been able to establish himself in the first team of the "royal club," lagging behind stars such as Mbappe, Vinicius, and Rodrigo. The Brazilian wants to receive more playing time, and therefore is ready to consider the option of going on loan.

The services of the 18-year-old striker are actively sought by Southampton, which is looking for reinforcements in the attack line. Competitors for Southampton include Roma and Valladolid.

The authoritative Italian publication La Gazzetta dello Sport believes that Ukrainian forward of Roma Artem Dovbik is returning from the Ukraine national team camp with an unresolved problem with his knee, which he left his club before the international break.

“The situation with Dovbik needs to be monitored. The Ukrainian forward did not start in the match against Albania due to a knee problem,” the media reports.

At the same time, the source clarifies that leaving Dovbik on the bench for the mentioned match was a joint decision with Roma in order to protect the player's knee.

It is worth noting that during the November international matches, Dovbik was included in the starting lineup of the Ukraine national team for the match against Georgia and was substituted in the 80th minute. In the match against Albania, the forward appeared on the field in the 76th minute instead of Roman Yaremchuk.

Ukrainian defender Ihor Plastun assessed the performance of the Ukrainian national team in the Nations League for the 2024/25 season.

"You never know what will happen. We are undergoing a generational change, a lot of young players have joined the team, and they are showing good football. Zabarnyi and Sudakov have the strength and skills to be leaders.

I was confident that Ukraine could take points from Albania and Georgia, and I’m glad to be proven right — four points and reaching the playoffs is already good given these tournament circumstances. Now we will wait to see how the draw turns out.

One shouldn't expect stable performances from the youth that veterans used to provide. I believe everything will be fine. We have a great team that plays interesting football. A very bright future lies ahead, and I want fans and journalists not to be too harsh on the team after each match, demanding results here and now. Yes, there is no stability right now, but through these mistakes, they will approach the qualification for the World Cup 2026 stronger," Plastun’s words are cited by "Ukrainian Football".

As already reported, next Friday, November 22, the draw for the playoff round of the Nations League for the 2024/25 season will take place.

The Ukrainian national team will face play-off matches for the right to advance to Division "A" of the Nations League next season at this stage of the tournament. The potential opponents of the "blue-yellow" team are:

Scotland

Belgium

Hungary

Serbia.

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