Mykhailychenko Calls Up Bohush

Oleksiy Mykhailychenko has named his squad for the World Cup Qualifying Group Six match against Croatia on October 11. Dynamo Kyiv goalkeeper Stanyslav Bohush received his first invite to the national team. Bohush has enjoyed a strong run of form for the UPL leaders, including a clean sheet in last week’s Champions League match at Fenerbahce. If the 24 year old impresses in training there is a chance Mykhailychenko will give him an opportunity against the Croats. The inclusion caught Bohush by surprise

I got a text message on Monday and thought it was a joke. But the next day (teammate and Croatian international) Ognjen Vukojević said the Croatian papers have printed the Ukrainian squad and I am in it. Soon after coach Yuri Semin confirmed the good news.

Absent from the squad are Dynamo forward Artem Milevskiy and left back Andriy Nesmachniy. Nesmachniy is still regaining fitness and has not seen a lot of first team action, but could be recalled if he has a strong showing this weekend. Milevskiy is still recovering from an ankle injury suffered in the qualifier against Belarus. Milevskiy was asked in an interview recently whether being on a recovery schedule leaves him more free time:

Not really. I get to the team base at 10am, go through physiotherapy, then massage, and that usually ends around 1:30pm. Sometimes I have to stay as late as two in the afternoon. And there’s nothing to do with the rest of the day, because you have to be up early tomorrow.

All I have to say to that is, tough life bro. Seriously, get well soon and get to work.

Goalkeepers: Andriy Pyatov (Shakhtar), Bohush, Olexandr Shovkovskiy (both – Dynamo).

Defenders: Vyacheslav Shevchuk, Dmytro Chyhrynsky, Olexandr Kucher (all – Shakhtar), Taras Mykhalyk (Dynamo), Hryhoriy Yarmash (Vorskla), Vitaliy Mandziuk (Arsenal), Andriy Rusol (Dnipro).

Midfielders: Maxym Kalynychenko, Serhiy Nazarenko (both – Dnipro), Denys Holaido (Tavria), Anatoliy Tymoschuk (Zenit FC, Russia), Yevhen Levchenko (Groningen, Netherlands), Serhiy Kravchenko (Vorskla), Oleksandr Aliyev (Dynamo).

Forwards: Andriy Voronin (Hertha BSC, Germany), Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan, Italy), Volodymyr Homeniuk (Tavriya), Yevhen Selezniov (Shakhtar).