Defender of Donetsk Shakhtar and national team Ukrainians Sergey Krivtsov injured knee.

On the eve of Krivtsov played a duel of the Ukrainian Premier League against Zarya, in which he managed to excel himself. Sergei recorded at his own expense the first goal of the match and helped the "miners" to beat the opponent with a score of 3: 1.

As it became known Football.

ua, Shakhtar will not be able to count on his defender within the next two months. Krivtsov was diagnosed with a knee injury, which would take a long time to recover.

Thus, the defender will most likely miss the matches of the Ukrainian national team in the qualifying tournament for the 2018 World Cup against Kosovo (October 6) and Croatia (October 9).

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