Andriy Shevchenko named the expanded list of the national team of Ukraine for the starting matches of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers

05.03.2021 19:42

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The head coach of the national team of Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko has announced an expanded list of players he plans to call for the first training camp of the national team in 2021.

The register includes 33 players, but given the situation in the world and Europe with the coronavirus, such a large number has its own logic and closer to the beginning of the national team, the list will be adjusted.

The Ukraine squad:

Goalkeepers: Andriy Pyatov, Anatoliy Trubin (both Shakhtar), Heorhiy Bushchan (Dynamo), Dmytro Riznyk (Vorskla), Andriy Lunin (Real, Spain).

Defenders: Serhiy Kryvtsov, Mykola Matvienko, Viktor Kornienko (all - Shakhtar), Vitaliy Mykolenko, Ilya Zabarny, Oleksandr Syrota, Oleksandr Tymchyk, Oleksandr Karavayev (all - Dynamo), Yuhym Konoplya (Desna), Eduard Sobol (« Bruges ”, Belgium), Bogdan Mykhaylichenko (Anderlecht, Belgium).

Midfielders: Taras Stepanenko, Marlos, Yevhen Konoplyanka (all - Shakhtar), Volodymyr Shepelev, Serhiy Sydorchuk, Viktor Tsygankov, Mykola Shaparenko (all - Dynamo), Igor Kharatin, Oleksandr Zubkov (both Ferencvaros, Hungary), Ruslan Malinowski, Viktor Kovalenko (both Atalanta, Italy), Yevhen Makarenko (Kortrijk, Belgium), Oleksandr Zinchenko (Manchester City, England), Andriy Yarmolenko (West Ham, England).

Forwards: Junior Moraes (Shakhtar), Artem Besedin (Dynamo), Roman Yaremchuk (Ghent, Belgium).

It will be recalled that in March, the Ukrainian national team will play three matches in the selection for the 2022 World Cup. On the 24th in Saint-Denis the blue-and-yellows will play with the current world champions, the French, on the 28th in Lviv they will compete with Finland, and on the 31st they will also host Kazakhstan in the capital of Galicia.