2 Ukrainian players have a virus, isolating themselves before matches

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) – Two Players from the Ukrainian national team underwent coronavirus tests and 4 others are away from scheduled matches against France, Germany and Spain, the Ukrainian Football Federation announced monday.

The federation said Shakhtar Donetsk’s goalkeeper pair, Andriy Pyatov and midfielder Taras Stepanenko, had tested positive and that four other players at the club were isolated. None of the six were registered with the rest of the Ukrainian national team before a friendly against France at Saint-Denis on Wednesday.

The only players were named Mykola Matviyenko, Viktor Kovalenko, Marlos and Junior Moraes. They will go through additional coronavirus tests and can enroll in the team before the League of Nations faces Germany on Saturday and Spain on October 13. announced the federation.

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