Legionnaires of the national team of Ukraine in the first part of the season-2018/2019. Andriy Yarmolenko

02.01.2019 15:38

Photo by Pavlo Kubanov

The first part of the 2018-2019 season Andriy Yarmolenko can easily be divided into two halves - before and after October 20.

It was on this day at the end of the first half of the home game of West Ham against Tottenham in the English Premier League that the attacking midfielder of the national team of Ukraine suffered a serious injury. According to the forecasts of Molotobiytsy doctors, Andriy Yarmolenko will return to big football no earlier than March-April 2019 «

Until this unpleasant moment for every athlete, the affairs of the Ukrainian in the new place were only going up. West Ham head coach, the experienced Manuel Pellegrini, was in no hurry to throw the newcomer from Borussia Dortmund to the English League meat grinder. He first tested the player in a cup match against Wimbledon, and then systematically introduced the talented winger to his renewed team, gradually increasing the time of Andrew on the field.

In the fourth round, Yarmolenko played the whole half, and in the next match, with Everton, he came out in the starting lineup and immediately scored a double against Liverpool. Then there was a crazy "kick" in the game with "Chelsea" and a productive pass in the match with "Manchester United". The Ukrainian professional quickly overcame the difficult stage of adaptation and began to assert himself as the star of the submarine team. Suddenly there was an injury in the meeting with the London "Spurs" «

Note that after a relatively unsuccessful start to the new year, West Ham is in the role of a strong middleweight in the league with claims to get into the zone of European Cups.

2019 for Andriy Yarmolenko's team will start today, when it will host Brighton at home.