Became known reasons for which forward with Ukrainian origin Nikita Rukavitsa will not go to the World Cup in Russia in the national team of Australia.

Earlier, it became known that the striker of the Australian national team and Maccabi Haifa Nikita Rukavitsa, who is of Ukrainian origin, remained outside the final application of the national team at the 2018 World Cup.

As it became known Football. ua, the 30-year-old striker stayed out of the application for political reasons.

Mitten was born in Ukraine, and Australia does not want to have problems in Russia because of the Ukrainian football player.

Note that the Australian is one of the leaders of Maccabi Haif, scoring 14 goals in 53 games for the club.

In the national team of Australia, Nikita has been performing since 2009, having spent 15 fights and scoring one goal. Also, Rukavitsa was a participant in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, where he appeared twice on the field.