Oleg Blokhin is without Serhiy Rebrov

Coach Blokhin takes his national side to Italy on 7 October before facing Scotland in Kiev four days later.

And Bal said: "One of the problems is the psychological mood of players whose clubs have had bad results.

"We need to start with a psychological rehabilitiation and restoring the form of players presently in a rut."

Dynamo Kiev suffered a 5-1 hammering by Real Madrid in midweek, while Shakhtar Donetsk were held at home by Olympiakos.

That followed opening Champions League defeats for both clubs.

Bal was talking as Blokhin named a 23-man squad for Euro 2008 Group B double header.

Kiev's Serhiy Rebrov and fellow midfielder Serhiy Tkachenko, of Shakhtar, are out injured.

Arsenal Kiev defender Olexander Romanchuk has received his first call-up.

Ukraine squad

Goalkeepers: Olexander Shovkovsky (Dynamo Kiev), Viacheslav Kernozenko (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Bohdan Shust (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Defenders: Andriy Nesmachny (Dynamo Kiev), Viacheslav Svidersky (Shakhtar Donetsk), Olexiy Gai (Shakhtar Donetsk), Olexander Kucher (Shakhtar Donetsk), Andriy Rusol (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Bohdan Shershun (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Volodymyr Yezersky (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Olexander Romanchuk (Arsenal Kiev)
Midfielders: Oleg Gusev (Dynamo Kiev), Anatoly Tymoshchyuk (Shakhtar Donetsk), Serhiy Nazarenko (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Oleg Shelayev (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Olexander Rykun (Metalist Kharkiv), Andriy Husin (Krylya Sovietov Samara), Maxim Kalinichenko (Spartak Moscow)
Forwards: Andriy Shevchenko (Chelsea), Andriy Voronin (Bayer Leverkusen), Andriy Vorobei (Shakhtar Donetsk), Olexiy Belik (Shakhtar Donetsk), Artem Milevsky (Dynamo Kiev).