Ukraine coach, Andriy Shevchenko has called up Manchester City star Oleksandr Zinchenko and 23 other players for the friendly game against Nigeria and the forthcoming European Championship qualifier against Lithuania. The players also include; Andriy Yarmolenko (West Ham) and Maryan Shved (Celtic).
The AC Milan legend called up three goalkeepers, eight defenders, eleven midfielders and two strikers. He placed Yevhen Shakhov, Sergey Sidorchuk, Nikolay Shaparenko and Artem Besedin on standby.
Shevchenko’s side will faceGernot Rohr’s side September 10 in Vilnius that is after they must have battled Lithuania on September 7.
Here is Ukraine’s full squad for Nigeria, Lithuania matches:
Goalkeepers: Andriy Pyatov (Shakhtar Donetsk), Denys Boyko (Dynamo Kyiv), Andriy Lunin (Real Valladolid, Spain).
Defenders: Nikita Burda, Vitaliy Mykolenko, Oleksandr Karavaev (all Dynamo Kyiv), Ihor Plastun(Gent, Belgium), Eduard Sobol (Bruges, Belgium), Serhiy Kryvtsov, Mykola Matviyenko, Serhiy Bolbat (all Shakhtar Donetsk).
Midfielders: Yevhen Konoplyanka (Schalke, Germany), Andriy Yarmolenko (West Ham, England), Viktor Tsyhankov, Vladimir Shepelev, Vitaliy Buyalskyi(all Dynamo Kyiv), Taras Stepanenko, Marlos (both Shakhtar Donetsk), Ruslan Malinowski (Atalanta, Italy), Oleksandr Zinchenko (Manchester City, England), Roman Bezus (Gent, Belgium), Maryan Shved (Celtic, Scotland),.
Forwards: Roman Yaremchuk (Gent, Belgium), Junior Moraes (Shakhtar Donetsk).
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