Ukraine's Euro 2024 campaign is over and Vitalii Mykolenko remains an injury concern ahead of Everton's 2024-25 season after he was forced to withdraw again from action for his country.
The left-back saw his first action of the European Championship Finals in Germany after recovering sufficiently from a recurrence of the ankle injury he orignally sustained in the Merseyside derby in April during Ukraine's final pre-tournament warm-up match.
Named in the starting XI for today's Group E game against Amadou Onana and Belgium, Mykolenko played almost an hour before signalling to the bench that he could no longer continue and was replaced Oleksandr Zinchenko.
The contest between the two nations took place in the tightest group in the Euros that saw all four teams finish on 4 points but with Ukraine bottom on goal difference.
Belgium and Onana, who played the full 90 minutes once more, advanced in second place and will face France in the Round of 16.
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2 Posted 26/06/2024 at 21:34:22
3 Posted 26/06/2024 at 22:27:31
But we've got Young and Seamus!
4 Posted 26/06/2024 at 23:26:55
Sometimes players, despite themselves, need to be 'managed' back Calvert-Lewin style.
5 Posted 26/06/2024 at 23:27:28
6 Posted 27/06/2024 at 01:40:50
Keown's comments about Mykolenko were bang out of order.
What is it with ex-Gooners and Everton players? Lee Dixon's and Paul Merson's anti-Pickford comments are a joke and now Keown's joining in.
Pickford is the best English goalkeeper so get over it. Mykolenko was one of Everton's best performing players in 2023-24 and part of one fo the best defences in the Premier League. Given his countries circumstances, it's remarkable how he's playing – just ask Salah for one.
7 Posted 27/06/2024 at 05:58:01
The other night, there was a quick shot of a sub coming on and he held 4 fingers up to his colleagues, a minute later Keown pipes up “You know what, I think they've gone 4 at the back!†… Genius!
8 Posted 27/06/2024 at 07:27:15
We will see the outcome of this in Spring 2025.
9 Posted 27/06/2024 at 07:31:50
You need specialized players that can perform, shunting Coleman and Young there isn't any solution.
Worries me that at full-back left or right side we still haven't got anyone that can get forward and dovetail the wide midfielders.
It's a huge part of modern-day football having full-backs do that.
10 Posted 27/06/2024 at 08:50:38
Dyche will tell him to cut that sort of nonsense out.
11 Posted 27/06/2024 at 08:55:23
12 Posted 27/06/2024 at 11:04:01
13 Posted 27/06/2024 at 13:13:07
14 Posted 27/06/2024 at 16:47:31
If I remember correctly, the same thing happened the previous season as well.
15 Posted 27/06/2024 at 18:53:58
Just ask Keown how the great Saka never got a kick against him when we played Arsenal as well!
16 Posted 28/06/2024 at 00:24:45
17 Posted 28/06/2024 at 08:35:26
It would be worth the club investing in a young left-back with potential.
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1 Posted 26/06/2024 at 20:59:17