Weekend for Ukraine’s legionnaires: Sudakov and Vana debut matches in Portugal and Spain

During another club gaming weekend on their club fields, seven foreign players of the national team of Ukraine were called up by Serhiy Rebrov for the September qualifying matches for the 2026 World Cup.

Weekend for Ukraine’s legionnaires: Sudakov and Vana debut matches in Portugal and Spain

Photo: Dan Balashov

During another club game weekend, seven foreign players of the national team of Ukraine, called up by Serhiy Rebrov for September matches in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, played for their respective clubs.

On Friday, September 12, within the fifth round of Portugal's Primeira Liga, "Benfica" Anatoliy Trubin (full match) and Georgiy Sudakov (substituted on in the 72nd minute, debut) lost points at home against modest "Santa Clara" (1:1).

On Saturday, September 13, in the English Premier League, "Brentford" Iegor Yarmoluk (full match, yellow card) drew a hard-fought tie with "Chelsea" at their home stadium (2:2).

On Sunday, September 14, in the North American MLS, "Austin" Oleksandr Svytka (full match) lost away to FC "Dallas" (0:2).

In the fourth round of Spain's La Liga, "Girona" Viktor Tsygankov (not included in the game roster) and Vladyslav Vana (goal, substituted off in the 67th minute, debut) drew a tie with local "Celta de Vigo" (1:1) in Vigo.

In the fifth round of Turkey's Süper Lig, "Trabzonspor" Oleksandr Zubkov (substituted off in the 60th minute) lost an away match against "Fenerbahçe" (0:1).

Finally, in the fourth round of France's Ligue 1, "Paris Saint-Germain" Illi Zabarny (full match) beat "Lille" at their home stadium with a score of 2:0.