News from the camp of the Ukrainian national team: the loss of Zabarny, Yarmolenko's individual training and tennis

21.03.2023 19:00

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Today, the national team of Ukraine held its first training session in London. It was attended by all the players called to the training camp, with the exception of Ilya Zabarny.

The defender arrived at the location of the blue-yellow team yesterday, met all the boys and talked with the acting head coach of the national team Ruslan Rotan and the team's medical staff.

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Together with Ilya, the doctors of the "Bournemouth" club also arrived, who discussed with their Ukrainian colleagues the current physical condition of the player. The eighth week of treatment and rehabilitation of Zabarny after a combined ankle ligament injury continues: there are positive dynamics of recovery, but the current conditions do not allow the performer to play at a high level. Considering the risk of re-injury, the doctors of both teams jointly decided to let Ilya fully complete the rehabilitation process, so that in the future he could help both the national team and the club for a long time. Therefore, yesterday Zabarny left the location of the national team.

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Andriy Yarmolenko, the captain of the Ukrainian national team, is currently training individually. He is being closely monitored by doctors and a decision on his participation in the England game will be made at a later date.

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Today, the blue and yellow team worked in different groups, which was due to the fact that some of the players received a full playing load in Sunday's matches for their clubs. Oleksandr Zinchenko, Ruslan Malinovsky and Shakhtar representatives Mykola Matvienko, Taras Stepanenko, Artem Bondarenko and Georgy Sudakov played tennis. At the same time, the rest of the team practiced the tactical tasks set by the coaching staff.

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Tomorrow morning, the national team will again have a training session at the Brentford FC base field - the first 15 minutes will be open to media representatives. 

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After training, Ruslan Rotan will hold his first press conference as the acting manager of the national team. The meeting with the mass media will start in the conference hall of the club base at 12.30 local time and it can be watched live on the UAF YouTube channel.

The roster of the national team of Ukraine

Goalkeepers: Andriy Lunin (Real Madrid, Spain), Anatoly Trubin (Shakhtar Donetsk), Nikita Shevchenko (Alexandria).

Defenders: Oleksandr Karavaev, Denys Popov (both from Dynamo Kyiv), Mykola Matvienko (Shakhtar Donetsk), Vitaly Mykolenko (Everton, Liverpool, England), Eduard Sobol (Strasbourg, France), Oleksandr Svatok, Eduard Sarapiy ( both - "Dnipro-1" Dnipro), Denys Miroshnichenko ("Alexandria").

Midfielders: Taras Stepanenko, Georgy Sudakov, Artem Bondarenko (all Shakhtar Donetsk), Serhiy Sydorchuk, Vitaly Buyalskyi (both Dynamo Kyiv), Oleksandr Pikhalyonok (Dnipro-1 Dnipro), Andriy Yarmolenko (Al-Ain ) "Krakowia" Krakow, Poland).

Forwards: Roman Yaremchuk (Club Brugge, Belgium), Artem Dovbyk (Dnipro-1 Dnipro).

Oleksandr Hlyvynskyi, spokesman for the national team of Ukraine