Alexander Shovkovsky is included in the application for the game with France

07.10.2020 13:09

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Due to the fact that there is only one healthy goalkeeper left in the national team of Ukraine, the coaching staff of the blue-yellows decided to include in the application for a friendly game with France the assistant head coach Oleksandr Shovkovsky.

Note that the UEFA regulations allow to include in the list of participants of the match, including players who do not have a professional contract with any club, but are citizens of the country represented by the team.

Alexander Shovkovsky ended his professional career as a player in December 2016, but keeps himself in good physical shape, constantly conducting individual training.

The coaching staff of the national team of Ukraine emphasizes that it does not consider Oleksandr Shovkovsky as a mandatory participant in today's match. Alexander's entry into the field can be possible only if the PCR test of the goalkeeper of the team Georgy Bushchan, who passed it together with other players of the national team this morning, turns out to be positive or Georgy, for example, gets injured during the match, which will prevent his further participation. in the game.

The results of today's control tests for coronavirus are expected at about 16 pm in Kyiv.

Oleksandr Hlyvynskyi, spokesman for the national team of Ukraine