The head coach of the Ukrainian national team, Oleh Blokhin, has announced an expanded list of players called up for the training camp ahead of the friendly match Macedonia TsUkraine, which will take place on March 31 in Skopje. It is worth noting that the largest representation of players is from Dnipropetrovsk's "Dnipro". Moreover, Blokhin made it clear that depending on the game against the Macedonian national team, there could be even more "Dnipro" players in the national team. And subsequently, this club could become the base team of the national squad. \n \nFor the first time, 21-year-old defender of Kucherevskyi's team Andriy Rusol has been included in the squad; for the second time, Oleh Yashchuk and Serhiy Matiukhin received call-ups to the national team. Oleh Blokhin is also counting on the return to the national team of Moscow "Spartak" defender Dmytro Parfenov, who has recovered from a rather serious injury. \n \nNotably, compared to the preparations for the game against Libya, Blokhin made 12 changes. First of all, players from "Dnipro" and Andriy Shevchenko appeared, who were not called up for the match against Libya due to their participation in European competitions. There are also performers who have suffered injuries. First of all Tsthis is "Cologne" forward Andriy Voronin and players of Kyiv "Dynamo" Yuriy Dmytrulin and Denys Onyshchenko. Once again, Moscow "Torpedo" captain Serhiy Kormiltsev did not make it onto Blokhin's list. However, regarding Kormiltsev, Blokhin noted that they constantly monitor this player. \n \nIt is already becoming a tradition that national team veteran Oleh Luzhny is not called up to the national team. The defender of English "Wolverhampton" will not come for the game against Macedonia either. "The situation with Luzhny is complicated. He was offered to change clubs, he refused and is now sitting on the bench," noted Blokhin. Vladyslav Vashchuk will also not be in the national team, as he cannot find a new club and lacks proper playing practice. \n \nUkrainian national team players gather at the base in Koncha-Zaspa by noon on Sunday. The only exception may be the players of Moscow "Spartak", who are playing a Russian championship match on that day. To the question of when we will see the core of the Ukrainian national team, Blokhin answered as follows: "I hope that in the friendly game against the French national team, which will take place on June 6, some pattern in the team's play will already be noticeable and the foundation of the team that will begin the autumn qualifying cycle will be determined. There is no further time to wait." \n \nAt the beginning of the press conference, Blokhin traditionally noted that the Ukrainian team would play to win against the Macedonians. True, later he expressed a slightly different point of view. "The result of a friendly match interests me least of all. Of course, there are rankings, prestige, but the most important thing is to prepare the national team for the autumn matches of the 2006 World Cup qualifiers. You can be a champion in friendly matches, but not become a champion of the qualifying tournament..." \n \nAt the end of his meeting with journalists, Oleh Volodymyrovych traditionally emphasized patriotism, noting that we are all doing one thing Tsthe goal of which is the Ukrainian national team's qualification for the 2006 World Cup. For the national team players, he once again reminded them to "bite the field" for the national team jersey. "No matter what money players receive at their clubs, the prestige of the Ukrainian national team and playing in it should come first for them. It is, of course, good when 'Dynamo' or 'Shakhtar' perform successfully in European competitions, but the showcase level of football in the country Tsis the performance of the national team," - Blokhin. \n \nThe list of Ukrainian national team players called up for the camp before the game against the Macedonian team. \n \nGoalkeepers: Oleksandr Shovkovskyi, Vitaliy Reva (both "Dynamo"); \n \nDefenders: Bohdan Shershun (CSKA, Moscow), Dmytro Parfenov ("Spartak", Moscow), Serhiy Symonenko ("Chornomorets", Odesa), Vyacheslav Checher ("Metalurh", Donetsk), Andriy Rusol, Serhiy Matiukhin, Volodymyr Yezerskyi (all "Dnipro"); \n \nMidfielders: Oleh Husiev, Andriy Husyn (both - "Dynamo", Kyiv), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, Adrian Pukanych (both - "Shakhtar", Donetsk), Serhiy Mizin ("Karpaty", Lviv), Maksym Kalynychenko ("Spartak", Moscow), Ruslan Rotan, Oleksandr Rykun, Serhiy Nazarenko (all - "Dnipro"); \n \nForwards: Serhiy Rebrov ("Fenerbahce", Turkey), Andriy Shevchenko ("Milan", Italy), Oleksandr Kosyrin ("Chornomorets", Odesa), Oleh Yashchuk ("Anderlecht", Belgium). \n