Lyndon Lloyd 26/06/2024 17comments  |  Jump to last

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.

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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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Michael Bennet
1 Posted 26/06/2024 at 20:59:17
Surely if our medical department says he's not quite ready for full blown games, he shouldn't go should he?
Denis Richardson
2 Posted 26/06/2024 at 21:34:22
He's got about 6 weeks to get fit….fingers crossed.
Mike Hayes
3 Posted 26/06/2024 at 22:27:31
Fingers crossed he recovers for start of season…

But we've got Young and Seamus!

Derek Thomas
4 Posted 26/06/2024 at 23:26:55
Did he rush himself or was he rushed back – a bit of both probably? Either way, twice in a short time is is too many.

Sometimes players, despite themselves, need to be 'managed' back Calvert-Lewin style.

Jay Harris
5 Posted 26/06/2024 at 23:27:28
I was praying that Ukraine would go out so that Mykolenko could get back to Finch Farm without aggravating his ankle any further.
Jack Convery
6 Posted 27/06/2024 at 01:40:50
I hope it heals well and quickly.

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.

Jeff Armstrong
7 Posted 27/06/2024 at 05:58:01
Keown is the most imbecilic pundit of the lot, constantly states the obvious and offers no insight that any of us don't already know. He clearly does zero research and spouts lazy nonsense.

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!

Phil (Kelsall) Roberts
8 Posted 27/06/2024 at 07:27:15
The real problem will be that he will not have a pre-season. He will now rest up and have the work to repair the ankle damage (surgery or physio) but will not be able to do the work the rest of the squad get.

We will see the outcome of this in Spring 2025.

Jim Bennings
9 Posted 27/06/2024 at 07:31:50
Probably need to sign a left-back now too.

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.

Anthony Dove
10 Posted 27/06/2024 at 08:50:38
It was great to see him charging up and down the wing.

Dyche will tell him to cut that sort of nonsense out.

Christopher Timmins
11 Posted 27/06/2024 at 08:55:23
With proper management, he should be back in time for the first game of the season.

James Newcombe
12 Posted 27/06/2024 at 11:04:01
I don't understand why he was playing at all.
Ed Prytherch
13 Posted 27/06/2024 at 13:13:07
Maybe he wanted to play for his country?
Christy Ring
14 Posted 27/06/2024 at 16:47:31
The problem was that he had a severe ankle injury which ruled him out for the last 3 games of the season, so for him to be injured again and possibly miss preseason shows he hadn't recovered and shouldn't have played.

If I remember correctly, the same thing happened the previous season as well.

George Cumiskey
15 Posted 27/06/2024 at 18:53:58
Jack @6,

Just ask Keown how the great Saka never got a kick against him when we played Arsenal as well!

Ed Prytherch
16 Posted 28/06/2024 at 00:24:45
Nationalism is always high in a country that is at war. Mykolenko was no doubt doing what he could to help lift the morale in Ukraine.
Jimmy Salt
17 Posted 28/06/2024 at 08:35:26
Mykolenko can do a job but I have said before he's not good enough.

It would be worth the club investing in a young left-back with potential.

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