Albanien har en del skadesproblemer: Forsvarer Elvin Beqiri er ude, det samme er sandsynligvis kollega Besnik Hasi og midtbanemand Edvin Murati. De ventes erstattet af de urutinerede Armend Dallku, Tefik Osmani og Hansi Agolli. Ifølge træner Briegel vil albanerne spille med zone-opdækning for at dæmme op for bl.a. Shevchenko ("Mand-til-mand er forældet neh," siger Karl-Heinz.
Albaniens oprindelige trup:
Goalkeepers: Foto Strakosha (Panionios, Greece), Arjan Beqaj (Ionikos, Greece), Ilion Lika (Dinamo, Albania)
Defenders: Tefik Osmani (Elbasani, Albania), Armend Dallku (Elbasani, Albania), Geri Cipi (SK Tirana, Albania), Besnik Hasi (Anderlecht, Belgium), Suad Lici (Vllaznia, Albania).
Midfielders: Altin Lala (Hannover 96, Germany)Altin Haxhi (Apollon Kallamaria, Greece), Lorik Cana (Paris St Germain, France), Klodian Duro (Arminia Bielefeld, Germany), Ervin Skela (Arminia Bielefeld, Germany), Edvin Murati (Iraklis Thessaloniki, Greece), Amarildo Belisha (Vllaznia, Albania), Devi Muka (SK Tirana, Albania), Bledi Shkembi (Kamen Ingrad, Croatia), Elvis Sina (SK Tirana, Albania).
Strikers: Igli Tare (Bologna, Italy), Alban Bushi (Istanbulspor, Turkey), Erjon Bogdani (Verona, Italy), Altin Raklli (SK Tirana, Albania).
Hos Ukraine skulle Shevchenko være spilleklar.
Ukraines trup:
Goalkeepers: Olexander Shovkovsky, Vitaly Reva (both Dynamo Kiev), Vyacheslav Kernozenko (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)
Defenders: Olexander Radchenko, Andriy Rusol, Serhiy Matyukhin, Volodymyr Yezersky (all Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Andriy Nesmachny (Dynamo Kiev), Vyacheslav Svidersky (Saturn Ramenskoye, Russia)
Midfielders: Oleg Gusev, Andriy Husin (both Dynamo Kiev), Ruslan Bydnenko, Ruslan Rotan, Oleg Shelayev, Serhiy Nazarenko, Olexander Rykun (all Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Anatoly Tymoshchyuk (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Forwards: Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan, Italy), Andriy Voronin (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany), Andriy Vorobei, Olexiy Belik (both Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleg Venglinsky (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)
Albaniens oprindelige trup:
Goalkeepers: Foto Strakosha (Panionios, Greece), Arjan Beqaj (Ionikos, Greece), Ilion Lika (Dinamo, Albania)
Defenders: Tefik Osmani (Elbasani, Albania), Armend Dallku (Elbasani, Albania), Geri Cipi (SK Tirana, Albania), Besnik Hasi (Anderlecht, Belgium), Suad Lici (Vllaznia, Albania).
Midfielders: Altin Lala (Hannover 96, Germany)Altin Haxhi (Apollon Kallamaria, Greece), Lorik Cana (Paris St Germain, France), Klodian Duro (Arminia Bielefeld, Germany), Ervin Skela (Arminia Bielefeld, Germany), Edvin Murati (Iraklis Thessaloniki, Greece), Amarildo Belisha (Vllaznia, Albania), Devi Muka (SK Tirana, Albania), Bledi Shkembi (Kamen Ingrad, Croatia), Elvis Sina (SK Tirana, Albania).
Strikers: Igli Tare (Bologna, Italy), Alban Bushi (Istanbulspor, Turkey), Erjon Bogdani (Verona, Italy), Altin Raklli (SK Tirana, Albania).
Hos Ukraine skulle Shevchenko være spilleklar.
Ukraines trup:
Goalkeepers: Olexander Shovkovsky, Vitaly Reva (both Dynamo Kiev), Vyacheslav Kernozenko (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)
Defenders: Olexander Radchenko, Andriy Rusol, Serhiy Matyukhin, Volodymyr Yezersky (all Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Andriy Nesmachny (Dynamo Kiev), Vyacheslav Svidersky (Saturn Ramenskoye, Russia)
Midfielders: Oleg Gusev, Andriy Husin (both Dynamo Kiev), Ruslan Bydnenko, Ruslan Rotan, Oleg Shelayev, Serhiy Nazarenko, Olexander Rykun (all Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Anatoly Tymoshchyuk (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Forwards: Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan, Italy), Andriy Voronin (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany), Andriy Vorobei, Olexiy Belik (both Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleg Venglinsky (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)