The defender of the Ukrainian national team spoke about his injury, because of which he will miss the match against Scotland.
Vitaliy Mykolenko has confirmed that he will not play in today’s match for the Ukrainian national team with Scotland in the League of Nations.
According to the defender of English Everton, after the examination by doctors, it was decided to skip the game on September 21 and prepare for the next matches of the group stage of the tournament.
“Probably, I will not be able to play. Pre-game training is missing and I will not prepare for the match. I felt discomfort at the end of the last game in the championship. We studied yesterday. with the doctors, and now everything seems more or less beautiful.
We have 24 players and there are 2-3 players for each position. I don’t think it will be a big problem to replace Zinchenko, Bushchan, Shaparenko. Viktor Kovalenko is also injured… I don’t think it will be a big problem. We are all a family, a team. Therefore, everything will be fine,” said Mikolenko in an interview with the UAF press service.
Remember, the Nations League match between Scotland – Ukraine will be held today, September 21, in Glasgow at the stadium Hampden Park. The starting whistle for the meeting will sound at 21:45 Kyiv time.
Earlier it became known that in addition to Vitaliy Mykolenko, Italian Spice football player Viktor Kovalenko was also unable to participate in the game with Scotland in the League of Nations.
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Source: korrespondent
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