Ukraine making Israel trip
Thursday, January 4, 2007
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Ukraine will take on Israel in a friendly at the Ramat Gan stadium near Tel-Aviv on 7 February ahead of the resumption of UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifying.
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Ukraine will take on Israel in a friendly at the Ramat Gan stadium near Tel-Aviv on 7 February.
EURO warm-up
Oleh Blokhin's side will take the pitch at 18.30 CET, following a match between the two nations' Under-21 teams - Israel currently preparing for the UEFA European U21 Championship finals in June. Ukraine are currently fourth in UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifying Group B and return to competitive action in the Faroe Islands on 24 March. Israel are only three points adrift of Group E leaders Croatia and in March welcome England and Estonia.