Ukraine U-19 team has started a training gathering in Mariupol. During it Ukrainian footballers are to play two matches with Belgian coevals on the 6th and on the 8th of September. We should remind that the footballers of Yuriy Moroz are preparing for Euro-2009 (U-19) final part which they will host.
Attack strengthening
In contrast to several preceding gatherings when only reliable players were called to the team, this time Moroz gave a chance to four new players. They are Zorya defender Vladyslav Ohirya and forwards Oleksiy Babyr from Krymteplytsya, Vitaliy Andruhov from Naftovyk and Ehor Kartushov from Shakhtar. By the way the last one is a leader of Ukraine U-18 team.
Ukraine U-21 team squad:
Goalkeepers: Vyacheslav Bazylevych (Shakhtar Donetsk), Bohdan Patsyuk (Zorya Lugansk), Ivan Pitsan (Karpaty Lviv);
Defenders: Maksym Biliy, Kostyantyn Voznyuk, Maksym Imerekov, Maksym Maksymenko (all from Shakhtar), Vladyslav Ohirya (Zorya), Dmytro Kushnirov, Temur Partsvaniya (both from Dynamo Kyiv);
Halfbacks: Vitaliy Videnets (Shakhtar), Dmytro Vladov (Chornomorets Odesa), Denys Garmash, Sergiy Rybalka, dmytro Yeremenko (all from Dynamo), Pavlo Gordiychuk (Karpaty), Artur Karnoza (Dnipro).
Forwards: Vitaliy Andruhov (Naftovyk Okhtyrka), Oleksiy Babyr (Krymteplytsya Molodizhne), Vitaliy Kaverin (Dnipro), Ehor Kartushov (Shakhtar), Dmytro Korkishko, Evhen Morozenko (both from Dynamo), Myroslav Slavov (Bordo France).
