Benfica starter misses clash with Kvaratskhelia's Georgia | OneFootball

the Benfica midfielder was left out of the 23-man squad for Ukraine’s match against Georgia this Monday, after being in the spotlight in the Nations League game against Hungary, in which he provided the assist for the winning goal scored by Danylo Sikan.

Head coach Andrea Maldera made several changes to the team, but kept Benfica goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin among his picks - honored in his country - having remained on the bench in the previous match, he is now expected to start in goal against Kvicha Kvaratskhelia’s national team.

With 30 players in camp, seven were left out of the squad for this match in Tbilisi. The list of absentees includes defenders Vitaliy Mykolenko, Illya Krupskyi and Oleksandr Drambaiev, midfielders Sudakov, Ivan Varfolomieiev and Oleksandr Nazarenko, as well as forward Igor Krasnopir.

Nazarenko’s absence was mandatory, as the player was sent off in the previous game against Hungary. Mykolenko’s unavailability, meanwhile, was confirmed by head coach Maldera himself at a press conference, where he revealed that the defender had suffered an injury. Varfolomieiev is the only player to have been left out of both Nations League matches so far.

Going the other way, and compared to the selections for the game in Budapest, there are six players returning to the squad: Roman Yaremchuk - who has recovered from an injury.

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