The majority of our first team players were at Ukraine camp. This time Andriy Shevchenko called up nine Kyivans – Denys BOIKO, Mykyta BURDA, Artem SHABANOV, Vitaliy MYKOLENKO, Serhiy SYDORCHUK, Viktor TSYHANKOV, Vitaliy BIUALSKYI, Mykola SHAPARENKO and Volodymyr SHEPELEV. Still Shepelev eventually stayed in Kyiv.
Vitaliy Mykolenko made two first appearances for the national team. Mykyta Burda performed against Luxembourg and Vitaliy Buialskyi took the field in the second half twice. Viktor Tsyhankov made a substitute appearance in the first match and in the second one he scored his debut goal for Ukraine.
Portugal – Ukraine – 0:0
Mykolenko – 90 min, Tsyhankov – substitute appearance (66), Buialskyi – substitute appearance (87)
Luxembourg – Ukraine – 1:2
Mykolenko – 90 min, Burda – 90, Tsyhankov – 90, goal, Buialskyi – substitute appearance (88)
Tomasz KEDZIORA played two games – against Austria and Latvia.
Austria – Poland – 0:1
Kedziora – 90 min
Poland – Latvia – 2:0
Kedziora – 90 min
Benjamin VERBIC was in Slovenia starting lineup in both Euro-2020 qualifiers.
Israel – Slovenia – 1:1
Verbic – 90 min
Slovenia – Macedonia – 1:1
Verbic – 84 min
Hungary with Tamas KADAR lost against Slovakia away and defeated Croatia at home.
Slovakia – Hungary – 2:0
Kadar – 90 min
Hungary – Croatia – 2:1
Kadar – 90 min
Ukraine U-21 with Akhmed Alibekov, Yevhen Smyrnyi, Nazariy Rusyn and four more Kyivans currently featuring on loan won the Antalya Cup 2019. Dynamo players scored five out of six goals at the tournament.
Estonia U-21 – Ukraine U-21 – 0:0
Alibekov, Rusyn, Smyrnyi – one half each
Ukraine U-21 – Macedonia U-21 – 3:1
Smyrnyi – 90 min, goal, Alibekov – 68
Ukraine U-21 – Kazakhstan U-21 – 2:0
Rusyn – 45 min, goal
Latvia U-21 – Ukraine U-21 – 1:1
Alibekov – 90 min, Smyrnyi – 90, Rusyn – 45, goal
Kyivans Vladyslav Kucheruk, Denys Popov and Serhiy Buletsa played two friendlies for Ukraine U-20 in Valencia.
Ukraine U-20 – South Korea U-20 – 1:0
Kucheruk – 90 min, Popov – 90, Buletsa – 72, goal
Uruguay U-20 – Ukraine U-20 – 1:2
Popov – 90 min, Buletsa – 70
Ukraine U-19 with six Dynamo representatives, Christian Bilovar, Bohdan Biloshevskyi, Yaroslav Nadolskyi, Heorhiy Tsytaishvili, Artem Shulianskyi and Vladyslav Supriaha took part in Euro-2019 elite round in Italy.
Ukraine U-19 – Serbia U-19 – 2:2
Biloshevskyi – 90 min, Tsytaishvili – 90, goal, Nadolskyi – substitute appearance (59), Supriaha – substitute appearance (72)
Italy U-19 – Ukraine U-19 – 3:1
Biloshevskyi – 90 min, Tsytaishvili – 90, goal, Bilovar – substitute appearance (47), Shulianskyi – substitute appearance (72)
Belgium U-19 – Ukraine U-19 – 2:5
Tsytaishvili – 90 min, goal, Nadolskyi – 70, Bilovar – substitute appearance (74)
* photo by P. Kubanov
