World Cup-2022. Oleksandr Zinchenko became the 29th captain of the Ukrainian national team in its history

24.03.2021 21:27

Photo by Pavlo Kubanov

In today's opening match of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers against France (Saint-Denis, 21.45 Kyiv time), the national team of Ukraine will be led by Oleksandr Zinchenko for the first time in his career as a captain.

Universal from English "Manchester City" became the 29th captain of our national team in its history.

The starting lineup of the national team of Ukraine for the match against France: 1. Georgy Bushchan, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 3. Ilya Zabarny, 4. Serhiy Kryvtsov, 22. Mykola Matvienko, 21. Oleksandr Karavayev, 5. Serhiy Sydorchuk, 7. Mykola Shaparenko, 8. Ruslan Malinovsky, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko ( j), 9. Roman Yaremchuk.

Substitutions: 2. Eduard Sobol, 6. Oleksandr Syrota, 10. Yevhen Konoplyanka, 11. Marlos, 12. Andriy Pyatov, 13. Yukhym Konoplya, 14. Bohdan Mykhailychenko, 15. Oleksandr Zubkov, 18. Yevhen Makarenko, 19. Junior Moraes, 20 Victor Kovalenko, 23. Anatoly Trubin.

It will be recalled that Andriy Yarmolenko, Volodymyr Shepelev, Oleksandr Tymchyk, Dmytro Riznyk and Andriy Lunin were not included in the bid to play against the current world champions.