Oleksandr Petrakov called up goalkeeper Denis Boyko to the national team of Ukraine

25.08.2021 15:30

Photo by Pavlo Kubanov

In connection with the positive PCR test on Covid-19, Real goalkeeper Andriy Lunin, which makes it impossible for him to participate in the September meeting of the national team of Ukraine, acting head coach Alexander Petrakov called Denis Boyko. The goalkeeper of Dynamo Kyiv has played six matches for the national team.

Earlier, instead of the injured goalkeepers Georgy Bushchan and Anatoliy Trubin, Andriy Pyatov and Dmytro Riznyk were called.

The next match of the qualifying tournament for the World Cup 2022 for the national team of Ukraine, against the team of Kazakhstan, will take place in Nur-Sultan at the stadium "Astana-Arena" on September 1. On September 4, Ukraine will host France at the Kyiv NSC Olimpiysky, and on September 8 in Plzen it will host a sparring match with the Czech Republic. 

The expanded list of players of the national team of Ukraine:

Goalkeepers: Denis Boyko (Dynamo Kyiv), Andriy Pyatov (Shakhtar Donetsk), Dmytro Riznyk (Vorskla Poltava).

Defenders: Mykola Matvienko, Serhiy Kryvtsov, Viktor Kornienko (all - Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleksandr Karavaev, Ilya Zabarny, Vitaliy Mykolenko, Oleksandr Tymchyk, Oleksandr Syrota (all - Dynamo Kyiv), Eduard Sobol (Brugge, Belgium), Taras Kacharaba (Slavia Prague, Czech Republic).

Midfielders: Serhiy Sydorchuk, Mykola Shaparenko, Viktor Tsygankov, Vitaliy Buyalsky (all - Dynamo Kyiv), Taras Stepanenko (Shakhtar Donetsk), Ruslan Malinovsky (Atalanta, Italy), Andriy Yarmolenko (West Ham, England), Alexander Zinchenko (Manchester City, England), Alexander Zubkov, Igor Kharatin (both Ferencvaros, Hungary), Eugene Makarenko (Fehervar, Hungary).

Forwards: Roman Yaremchuk (Benfica, Portugal), Artem Dovbyk (Dnipro-1 Dnipro), Danylo Sikan (Shakhtar Donetsk).

Backup list: Viktor Kovalenko (Spice, Italy), Yevhen Konoplyanka, Yuhym Konoplya (both Shakhtar Donetsk), Bohdan Mykhailychenko (Anderlecht, Belgium), Vladyslav Kochergin, Serhiy Buletsa (both Zorya Luhansk).

The training camp of the national team of Ukraine will begin on August 29 in Kyiv. 

Oleksandr Hlyvynskyi, spokesman for the national team of Ukraine

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