MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) -Ukraine will take on Romania in their opening Group E clash without left-back Vitaliy Mykolenko, out with a foot injury, as manager Serhiy Rebrov picked a solid squad featuring La Liga’s leading scorer Artem Dovbyk.
Rebrov — taking charge at a major tournament for the first time — can still rely on experience at the back with Arsenal’s Oleksandr Zinchenko and Bournemouth centre-back Illia Zabarnyi named to the starting 11.
Wingers Mykhailo Mudryk and Viktor Tsygankov will start wide for Ukraine and provide an additional threat in attack, while 34-year old Andriy Yarmolenko begins the match on the bench.
Romania captain Nicolae Stanciu will pull the strings for the attack from midfield, while centre-back Radu Dragusin will anchor the back line as Romania readies for their first European Championship appearance since 2016.
Romania: Florin Nita, Andrei Ratiu, Radu Dragusin, Andrei Burca, Nicusor Bancu, Marius Marin, Razvan Marin, Dennis Man, Nicolae Stanciu (c), Florinel Coman, Denis Dragus.
Ukraine: Andriy Lunin, Illia Zabarnyi, Mykola Matviyenko, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Yukhym Konoplia, Mykola Shaparenko, Taras Stepanenko (c), Georgiy Sudakov, Mykhailo Mudryk, Viktor Tsygankov, Artem Dovbyk.
(Reporting by Michael Kahn and Alexandra Hudson, Editing by Ed Osmond)
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