Ukraine Coach Names Man City’s Zinchenko For Eagles Friendly
Ukraine head coach, Andriy Shevchenko has announced a 24-man squad which includes Manchester City defender Oleksandr Zinchenko for next month’s international friendly against Nigeria’s Super Eagles in Kyviv.
Also on the list is West Ham United’s Andriy Yarmolenko.
Three days before the encounter scheduled for the Dnipro Arena, Ukraine will face Lithuania in an European Championship qualifier.
Others on the list are Schalke O4 of Germany midfielder, Yevhen Konoplyanka, Shakhtar Donetsk’s Junior Moraes and Andriy Pyatov.
Shevchenko’s 24-Man Squad
GOALKEEPERS
Andriy Pyatov (Shakhtar Donetsk), Denys Boyko (Dynamo Kyiv), Andriy Lunin (Valladolid)
DEFENDERS
Serhiy Kryvtso ( Shakhtar Donetsk ) Mykola Matviyenko (Shakhtar Donetsk) Serhiy Bolbat (Shakhtar Donetsk), Nikita Burda (Dyamo Kiev) Vitaliy Mykolenko (Dynamo Kiev) Oleksandr Karavaev ( Dynamo Kyiv), Ihor Plastun(Gent) Eduard Sobol (Bruges)
MIDFIELDERS
Yevhen Konoplyanka (Schalke, Germany), Andriy Yarmolenko (West Ham, England), Ruslan Malinowski (Atalanta, Italy), Oleksandr Zinchenko (Manchester City, England), Roman Bezus (Gent, Belgium), Maryan Shved (Celtic, Scotland), Viktor Tsyhankov, Vladimir Shepelev, Vitaliy Buyalskyi(all Dynamo Kyiv), Taras Stepanenko (Shakhtar Donetsk) , Marlos ( Shakhtar Donetsk).
FORWARDS: Roman Yaremchuk (Gent, Belgium), Junior Moraes (Shakhtar Donetsk).
Standby
Yevhen Shakhov, Sergey Sidorchuk, Nikolay Shaparenko and Artem Besedin .