“Oleksandr Kosenko talked about the absence of Rostislav Semenchenko in the national team.”, — write: football.ua
Oleksandr Kosenko talked about the absence of Rostislav Semenchenko in the national team.
Oleksandr Kosenko, AFU December 26, 2025, 08:45
“That’s why friendly games are necessary, so that we give the opportunity to show ourselves to young players, those who, in our opinion, really deserve to be called up to the national team. They are well done, they showed themselves well. We understand that any person has worries – and that’s normal. But they really showed a very decent level of play.
Semenchenko has problems with the knee joint, with the meniscus. Therefore, a decision is now being made: whether there will be further surgical intervention or not – 50 to 50. We are waiting now, but we are counting on him a lot. Despite the fact that he is still young and still has everything ahead of him, this is a very important combat unit for our team. We understand that health is the most important thing. Therefore, we accept any decision, but we will count on it anyway,” the AFU press service quotes Kosenko as saying.
We will remind, in the first match, the national team of Ukraine drew with Portugal (1:1), and then lost with a score of 2:5.