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Ukraine lose pair to knee problems

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Ukraine have been forced to replace two players in their UEFA European Under-19 Championship squad with Serhiy Lyulka and Vitaliy Vitsenets' both ruled out of the remainder of the finals having suffered knee injuries.

Vitaliy Vitsenets' (right) will miss the rest of the tournament
Vitaliy Vitsenets' (right) will miss the rest of the tournament ©Sportsfile

Ukraine have been forced to replace two members of their UEFA European Under-19 Championship squad with Serhiy Lyulka and Vitaliy Vitsenets'  ruled out of the remainder of the finals having suffered knee injuries.

Key blows
Both players damaged the meniscus in their knees in Tuesday's opening goalless draw against Slovenia in Donetsk, defender Lyulka being replaced by Bohdan Butko after 15 minutes at the RSC Olympiyskiy Stadium. Midfielder Vitsenets' completed the match but following scans in a local hospital, the duo will now play no further part in the finals. In their place, FC Dynamo Kyiv defender Serhiy Loginov and midfielder Yevgeniy Shakhov, who plays his club football for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, have been called into the squad.

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