Sych's Injury in the Match Against Belgium: It is Known When the Defender Will Return to the Field.

Ukrainian national team defender and Lviv's 'Karpaty' Oleksiy Sych sustained an injury in the playoff match of the Nations League against Belgium and will miss about a month. This was reported by 'Hlavkom' citing 'Karpaty'.

Sych was unable to finish yesterday's game against the Belgians and was substituted in the 60th minute.

'The preliminary diagnosis is a medial collateral ligament injury. The estimated recovery Time for Oleksiy is about a month. We wish our defender a speedy recovery,' - noted in 'Karpaty'.

In the return match of the Nations League playoffs between Belgium and Ukraine, a refereeing crew from Germany will be working. The main referee of the game will be Daniel Siebert. His assistants on the lines will be Raphael Foltin and Dominic Schaal. The duties of the fourth referee will be performed by Daniel Schläger. And Pascal Müller and Kathrin Rafalski will be responsible for the operation of the VAR system.

The Ukrainian national football team triumphed over Belgium in the first playoff match of the Nations League for a place in Division A.

Before the game, bookmakers considered our opponents to be the favorites. The odds for Belgium to win were 1.85, for a draw - 3.40, and for Ukraine to win - 4.20.

Nations League. Playoff for a place in League A. First match

Ukraine - Belgium - 3:1 (0:1)

Goals:

Hutsulyak (66), Vanat (73), Zabarnyi (78) - Lukaku (40).

Ukraine: Lunin, Konoplya (Sych, 25, Yarmolyuk, 62), Zabarnyi, Matvienko (c), Mykolenko, Kalyuzhny (Nazaryna, 88), Zinchenko, Tsygankov, Shaparenko (Vanat, 62), Sudakov, Yaremchuk (Hutsulyak, 62).

Substitutes: Trubin, Riznyk, Mykhailichenko, Svatok, Yarmolenko, Bulytskyi, Nazarenko.

Coach: Serhiy Rebrov.

Belgium: Courtois, Meunier, Mechele, De Winter (Raskin, 80), Debast, De Kuiper (Mokiy, 88), Tielemans, De Bruyne (Vanaken, 70), Trossard (Saelemaekers, 80), Lukaku (c), De Ketelaere (Lukebakio, 70).

Substitutes: Lammens, Sels, Al-Dakhil, Fas, Batshuayi, Heynen, Doku.

Coach: Rudi Garcia.

Referee: Sandro Scherer (Switzerland).

Booked: Tielemans (68).