OnTuesday, November 11, Ukraine U-21 team coach Pavlo Yakovenko revealed the squad for the upcoming friendly against Poland which is fixed on November 19 in Legionowo.
Four injured
The coach called out 19 footballers for the training session, starting on November 16, with a newcomer Serhiy Rudyka from Metalurh Z. It’s worth noting that in the encounter with Poland Pavlo Yakovenko will have to do without the injured Dynamo Artem Kravets and Andriy Fartushnyak, Lviv goalkeeper Andriy Rad, and Anton Makarenko from Augsburg.
Important stage of preparation
The clash with Polish lads is scheduled on Wednesday, November 19, at the stadium of Legionowo town. The kick off time is 1 p.m. This sparring comes as a very important stage of preparation for the EURO 2011 (U-21) qualifying that starts in autumn 2009.
U-21 squad:
Goalkeepers: Anton Kanibolitskiy (Dnipro), Artem Kychak (Dynamo).
Fullbacks: Evgen Selin, Oleksiy Kurylov (both from Metalist), Pavlo Pashayev (Kryvbas), Yaroslav Rakytskiy (Shakhtar), Volodymyr Chesnakov (Vorskla).
Halfbacks: Maksym Pashayev (Dnipro), Taras Stepanenko, Serhiy Rudyka (both from Metalurh Z), Volodymyr Bidlovskiy (Karpaty), Mykola Morozyuk, Roman Zozulya (both from Dynamo), Valeriy Fedorchuk (Lviv), Ehor Luhachov (Spartak Moscow, Russia).
Forwards: Andriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo), Volodymyr Lysenko (Arsenal), Denis Vasin (Chornomorest), Evgen Konoplyanka (Dnipro).