The defender of the national team of Ukraine and the English Everton, Vitaly Mykolenko, will not be able to help the national team in the match of the 3rd round of the National League of the 2026/27 season against Northern Ireland.
About this hour of the pre-match press conference in the Slovakian Trnava, the head coach of the Blues, Andrea Maldera, said, emphasizing the need to take care of the gravel.
“It’s a pity, we cannot take out insurance for Mikolenok in the match against Northern Ireland. “We don’t feel good at all, we respect him and wouldn’t want him to take away an even more serious injury,” said the coach of the Ukrainian national team.
The situation with the 27-river defencist has lost all intrigue. It was reported in advance that Mikolenko, who had already missed the game in another round against Georgia (0:0) due to injury, had recovered from the abdominal discomfort and would proceed to the evening training session without restraint.
The coaching staff believes not to force the player’s turn on the field in order to avoid relapse. The match between Ukraine and Northern Ireland will take place on Wednesday, January 2, near Trnava (Slovakia). The starting whistle sounds at 21:45 Kyiv time.
The same offending teams are the leaders of their group in Division B: Northern Ireland takes the first meeting, and Ukraine goes another, sacrificing to their opponent for additional performance (both teams have 4 points). Whose quartet hosts the teams from the Ugric region and Georgia.