Youth team of Ukraine in may-June will compete at the world Championships in Poland.
Head coach of Ukraine U-20 Alexander Petrakov in the extended squad included two players with experience of performances for the national team – goalkeeper “Leganés” by Andrey Lunin and defender of “Dynamo” Vitaly Nikolenko.
The extended composition of the Ukrainian U-20 world Cup:
Goalkeepers: Andrey Lunin (“Valencia”, Spain), Vladislav Kucheruk (“Dynamo”), Dmitry Riznyk (“Vorskla”).
Defence: Valery Bondar, Viktor Kornienko, Yefim Hemp (all – “the miner”), Denis Popov, Vitaly Nikolenko (both “Dynamo”), Igor Snurnitsyn (Marseille), Aleksandr Avramenko (“Carpathians”), Alexander Safronov (“Dnepr-1”), Oleg Veremienko (“district center”), Daniel Bezkorovainy (“Zemplín”, Slovakia).
Midfielders: Serhiy Buleca, George Chitaishvili (both “Dynamo”), Alexey Kashchuk, Maxim Czech (both – Shakhtar), Alex Haklev (“Alaves”, Spain), Kirill Drishlyuk (“Alexandria”), Alexander Belyaev (“Dnepr-1”), Nikolai Masalitin (“Chernomorets”), Vadim Anak (“Locomotive”, Germany).
Forwards: Vladislav Spraga (“Dynamo”), Daniel Sican (Mariupol), Denis Ustimenko (“Alexandria”).
Preparing for the final stage of the world Cup Ukrainian boys will begin may 11 in Kiev. Before leaving for Poland team Petrakova will hold sparring with “Ear” and South Africa with the national team U-20.
At the world championship in Poland (23 may-15 June) Ukraine national team will play with the USA, Qatar and Nigeria.
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