Weekend for Ukraine’s national team players: Yarmolenko’s goal, Kovalenko’s assist, and Mudryk’s debut
Of the 12 legionaries from the Ukraine national team who were invited to join the national team for the September League of Nations matches, seven played in their club teams over the past weekend.
Photo by the press service of the UAF
Of the 12 foreign players from Ukraine's national team who were invited to join the national squad for September's Nations League matches, seven played in their club teams over the weekend.
On Thursday, January 19, in a 1/8 final match of the Italian Cup, "Spezia", Viktor Kovalenko, who provided an assist, lost to "Atalanta" away from home with a score of 2:5.
In the 21st round of Belgium's Pro League, "Brugge", Roman Yaremchuk and Eduard Sobolev drew away from home with "Sint-Truiden" at a score of 1:1.
On Friday, January 20, Ruslan Malinovskiy helped his "Marseille" to win at home against "Rennes" (1:0) and advance to the 1/8 finals of the French Cup.
On Saturday, January 21, Mikhail Mudryk made his debut for "Chelsea" in a Premier League match of the 21st round where the London team drew away from home with "Liverpool" at a score of 0:0, while "Everton", which includes Vitaliy Mykolenko, suffered an away defeat against "West Ham United" (0:2).
On Sunday, January 22, the ball of Andriy Yarmolenko helped "Ain Al-Ain", coached by Ukrainian specialist Serhiy Rebrov, to beat "Al-Bataeh" away from home in the 13th round of the UAE Championship — 3:2.
With the same score but at their own stadium, "Arsenal" with Oleksandr Zinchenko defeated "Manchester United" in the Premier League.
In the 19th round of Italy's Serie A, "Spezia", where Kovalenko plays, lost at home to visitors from "Rome" — 0:2, while in the 22nd round of Belgium's top league, "Brugge" with Sobolev and Yaremchuk drew at home against "Charleroi" (2:2).
