At the same time, Salyuk, Vivcharenko, Mikhavko, Voloshin and Rubchinsky are missing from Melgosa’s current list
In the list of players called to the location Ukrainian national team U-21 for test matches against Portugal And Italy changes have occurred.
Five players have been called up to the youth team: defenders Alexey Gusev (Zarya), Nikolay Ogarkov (Miner), Eduard Kozik (Shakhtar), as well as two midfielders – Vladislav Veleten (Spike) and Oleg Fedor (Rukh).
At the same time, Unai Melgosa’s current list is missing five players who were present previously: defenders Vladimir Salyuk (Metalist 1925), Konstantin Vivcharenko, Taras Mikhavko (both Dynamo), as well as two white-blue midfielders – Valentin Rubchinsky And Nazar Voloshin.
Goalkeepers: Ruslan Neshcheret (Dynamo), Georgy Ermakov (Alexandria), Ivan Pakholyuk (Kolos).
Defenders: Arseniy Batagov (Trabzonspor, Turkey), Alexey Gusev (Zarya), Roman Didyk, Vitaly Roman (both Rukh), Nikolai Ogarkov (Shakhtar), Eduard Kozik (Kolos), Ilya Krupsky (Vorskla), Denis Kuzyk (Krivbass).
Midfielders: Anton Tsarenko, Maxim Khlan (both Lechia, Poland), Ivan Varfolomeev (Slovan, Czech Republic), Maxim Melnichenko (Polesie), Oleg Ocheretko (Karpaty), Oleg Fedor (Rukh), Maxim Bragaru (Dynamo), Vladislav Veleten (Kolos) , Alexander Yatsyk (Zarya), Ilya Kvasnitsa (Rukh).
Forwards: Bogdan Viunnik (Lechia, Poland), Igor Krasnopir (Rukh), Igor Gorbach (Zarya).
The blue-yellows will hold two meetings in November. On November 15, Melgosa’s team will compete with Portugal. The fight will take place in Alverque do Ribatejo, which is part of the Lisbon district. The game starts at 19:30 Kyiv time.
On November 19, Unai’s team will have another friendly – they will meet Italy U-21 in La Spezia at the Alberto Picco Stadium. The meeting will take place at the home stadium of Spezia Alberto Picco (19:15 Kyiv time).
It was previously reported that at the November training camp, the coach of the Ukrainian U-21 national team wants to review potential candidates. The emphasis will be on players born in 2004 and 2005.
The Ukrainian U-21 national team confidently passed the qualification stage for Euro 2025. She won eight starting matches, after which she suffered two misfires in October against England (1:2) and Serbia (0:1).
The final tournament of the Youth Euro 2025 will take place from June 12 to July 5, 2025 in Slovakia.
Source: Sportarena
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