Weekend for Ukraine's national team players: many of our guys don't even have time to catch their breath
Of the nine legionaries from the Ukraine national team whom Oleksandr Petrakov invited to the national team for the May matches, only four appeared on the field this weekend with their club teams.
Photo by the press service of the UAF
Of the nine Ukrainian players called up by Oleksandr Petrakov for the national team's upcoming matches, only four appeared on the pitch this weekend with their club teams.
On Saturday, August 27, in the fifth round of French Ligue 2, Danila Ignatenka's «Bordeaux» lost to «Guingamp» (0:1). However, the team of the Ukrainian player can quickly recover. Already tomorrow, August 30, the «Jirondins» will host «Caen-Rouen» in the sixth round of the national championship (kick-off at 21:45 Kyiv time).
In the fourth round of the English Premier League, Vitaliy Mykolenko's «Everton» drew with «Brentford» (1:1) away from home, while Alexander Zinchenko, due to an injury, did not make the Arsenal squad for their victorious home match against «Fulham» (2:1). Already tomorrow, Mykolenko's team will play a fifth-round APL away game against «Leeds United» (22:00), while the «Cannons» will host «Aston Villa» on the last day of summer (21:45).
On Sunday, August 28, Ruslan Malinovskiy's «Atalanta» won an away match against «Verona» (1:0) in the third round of Italy's Serie A. On September 1, his team will host «Torino» in the fourth round of the national championship (21:45).
«Slavia Prague» Taras Kachaраба defeated «Sparta Prague» (4:0) away in the fifth round of the Czech championship, and on August 31 they will host «Teplice» in a sixth-round match (21:00).
It is also worth noting that Roman Yaremchuk did not even make the bench for his team, «Benfica». His team won 3-0 away from home against «Boavista» in the fourth round of Portugal's championship last Saturday and will play a postponed home match against «Paços Ferreira» tomorrow, August 30 (22:15).