The Ukrainian national football team suffered heavy losses before the matches of the League of Nations

Dynamo midfielder Volodymyr Brazhko and Shakhtar midfielder Taras Stepanenko will not help Ukraine's national team in the Nations League matches due to health problems, TaToTake reports. "The Blue and Yellows will play Georgia on October 11 and the Czech Republic on October 14.

According to the source, Brazko has problems with the groin area. Stepanenko suffered a knee injury and will need about 10 days to recover. The players will also miss the matches of the 9th round of the Premier League against Kryvbas and LNZ, respectively. Dynamo's Oleksandr Pikhalonok will not join the national team either.

"TaToTake informs that it is because of the absence of two key midfielders that Serhiy Rebrov has called up Oleksandriya's Ivan Kalyuzhnyi to the national team. Another "newcomer" will be Vitaliy Buyalsky from Dynamo.

Earlier it became known that Vitaliy Mykolenko, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Ruslan Malinowski and Viktor Tsygankov will not help the national team due to injuries.

At the same time, Dynamo captain Andriy Yarmolenko has officially returned to the squad for the Nations League matches.

As OBOZ.UA reported, Ukraine's national team had an unsuccessful start in the new draw of the League of Nations. Our team lost to Albania and then lost to the Czech Republic.

After two defeats in September, the team's coach Serhiy Rebrov answered questions about his resignation. UAF President Andriy Shevchenko also spoke on the matter.

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