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Alexander PIKHALENOK: “Two days was enough for me and my wife”
Oleksandr Pikhalyonok, 25-year-old midfielder of the Ukrainian national team, talked about how he spent the weekend provided by the technical committee.
“I rested well, gained strength. We will prepare for the upcoming matches with renewed energy. I think we will be well prepared. Yes, I met my wife, had a good time. Two days was enough.
War? We think about it every day, we read the news. We call them relatives. We are aware of everything that is going on. Most importantly, we win the matches and load positive emotions to our people. Goals? This is my job. Every football player gains self-confidence through training and matches. Every day, every exercise is important now. If we give ourselves one hundred percent, then everything will be fine for us,” said Pikhalenok.
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Ukraine national football team completed 2025and UAF summarized the results of the called-up players.
He was included in the national team during the year 44 players.
The year 2025 for Sergei Rebrov’s team started with an unsuccessful performance against the Belgian team in the Nations League play-offs.
The blue-yellows played two friendly matches against Canada and New Zealand in June.
The national team participated in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers from September to November, finishing second in the group and advancing to the play-offs for the World Cup qualifiers.
During the season, the team had 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Statistics: 10 matches of the Ukrainian national team in 2025 (+5=1–4)
VIDEO. 44 players were called to the Ukrainian national team during the year
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INFANTINO: “If there was no FIFA, there would be no football in 150 countries of the world”
FIFA President Gianni Infantino He commented on World Cup ticket prices, saying they reflected “absolutely insane” demand for next summer’s tournament:
“We have six to seven million tickets and in 15 days we received 150 million ticket requests. So every day we have 10 million requests. This shows how strong the World Cup is.”
FIFA has sold just 44 million tickets in almost 100 years of the World Cup. So we were able to sell tickets for the 300th anniversary of the World Cup in two weeks. Just imagine. “This is absolutely crazy.”
Infantino also noted that funds from ticket sales would be reinvested into world football, but did not specify a specific amount:
“The important thing is that the revenue from this goes back into football around the world. If it weren’t for FIFA, there would be no football in 150 countries of the world. Football exists thanks to the revenues we get from the World Cup, and we reinvest that into football around the world.”
Previously, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called on FIFA to further reduce 2026 World Cup ticket prices.
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VIDEO. The best scorer of the year in the Ukrainian national team has been announced. All targets
The Ukrainian Football Federation has determined the top scorer of the national team in 2025.
This status was given to Polesie’s winger Alexey Gutsulyak, who scored 5 goals and made 3 assists.
Gutsulyak’s assistance became important in the decisive matches of the autumn, when the player scored a goal and made an assist in the match against Azerbaijan, and also scored and assisted in the match against Iceland.
This helped the Ukraine national team reach the 2026 World Cup qualifying play-offs against Sweden in March.
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