The Ukrainian national football team faces Germany in Leipzig on Nov. 14 in a game that could propel the winner into the semi-finals of the UEFA Nations League. Both sides are battling it out with Spain for top spot in their League A qualification group, with just one point separating the three sides. Although four-time world champions Germany will necessarily go into the tie as favorites, it says much about the progress made under head coach Andriy Shevchenko that a Ukrainian victory would no longer be regarded as a complete surprise.
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Ukraine's coach Andriy Shevchenko walks on the pitch prior to the Euro 2020 football qualification match between Ukraine and Portugal at the NSK Olimpiyskyi stadium in Kyiv on Oct. 14, 2019.
