Gurenko to miss Cyprus trip
Thursday, February 5, 2004
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Belarus captain Sergei Gurenko will not feature in the friendly tournament in Cyprus this month.
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Trio of newcomers
Belarus coach Anatoliy Baidachny is taking a 25-man squad to the eight-team tournament and will also be without midfield player Vladimir Shuneiko, who recently underwent knee surgery. FC Shakhtar Donetsk midfield player Timofey Kalachev, FC Neman Grodno goalkeeper Aleksandr Sulima and FC Gomel striker Gennadiy Bliznyuk are all called up for the first time.
Belarus squad
Tumilovich, Khomutovsky, Sulima, Ostrovskiy, Khrapkovskiy, Lukhvich, Stanyuk, Tarlovskiy, Omelyanchuk, Rovneiko, Khatskevitch, Belkevitch, Lavrik, Kulchiy, Gleb, Korytko, Romashenko, Kalachev, Volodenkov, Kovba, Gerashenko, Kutuzov, Vasilyuk, Bulyga, Bliznyuk.