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Ukraine's national team suffered a serious loss before the start of the Nations League
Popov will not play for the national team of Ukraine
Dynamo Kyiv defender Denys Popov will not help the Ukrainian national team in the opening matches of the Nations League. Our team will start the tournament in Division 1 in matches against Albania on September 7 and the Czech Republic on September 10. Both meetings will take place in Prague, and the first of them will be nominally home for the blue and yellows.
According to TaToTake, Popov had back problems, which is why he missed the Premier League match in which Dynamo narrowly beat LNZ. The defender stayed in the capital of Ukraine to treat the injury. Another Kyiv player, Mykola Shaparenko, had problems with his calf muscle. However, he has already left for the Czech Republic with the national team.
Popov's absence is confirmed by a video posted by the Ukrainian Football Association (UAF) on its Telegram channel. Thus, four centerbacks remained in the application of the national team of Ukraine - Mykola Matvienko, Valery Bondar, Maksym Taloverov and Ilya Zabarny. It should be noted that Popov last played for the Blue and Yellows in July 2022.
The composition of the national team of Ukraine
Goalkeepers: Georgii Bushchan (Dynamo Kyiv), Anatolii Trubin (Benfica Lisbon, Portugal), Andrii Lunin (Real Madrid, Spain).
Defenders: Mykola Matvienko, Yukhym Konoplya, Valerii Bondar (all from Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleksandr Tymchyk (Dynamo Kyiv), Vitalii Mykolenko (Everton Liverpool, England), Ilya Zabarnyi (Bournemouth, England), Maksym Taloverov (Laska Linz, Austria).
Midfielders: Andriy Yarmolenko, Mykola Shaparenko, Volodymyr Brazhko, Vladyslav Kabayev, Oleksandr Pykhalenok (all from Dynamo Kyiv), Taras Stepanenko, Heorhiy Sudakov (both from Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal London, England), Mykhailo Mudryk (Chelsea London, England), Serhiy Sydorchuk (Westerlo, Belgium), Ruslan Malynovskyi (Genoa Genoa, Italy), Viktor Tsygankov (Girona, Spain).
Forwards: Artem Dovbyk (Roma Rome, Italy), Roman Yaremchuk (Olympiacos Piraeus, Greece), Vladyslav Vanat (Dynamo Kyiv).
Reserve list.
Bohdan Mykhailychenko (Polissya Zhytomyr), Oleksandr Svatok (Austin, USA), Vitaliy Buyalsky (Dynamo Kyiv), Dmytro Riznyk, Oleksandr Zubkov, Danylo Sikan (all - Shakhtar Donetsk).
Schedule of the national team of Ukraine in the League of Nations
September 7, 21.45. Ukraine - Albania
September 10, 21.45. Czech Republic - Ukraine
October 11, 21.45. Ukraine - Georgia
October 14, 21.45. Ukraine - Czech Republic
November 16, 19.00. Georgia - Ukraine
November 19, 21:45. Albania - Ukraine
It should be noted that the Nations League will be one of the stages of qualification for the 2026 World Cup. Winning the group guarantees the Ukrainian national team promotion to League A for the upcoming tournament.
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