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Ukraine coach Andriy Shevchenko recalled experienced midfielder Taras Stepanenko as one of two changes for their second Group C game against North Macedonia in Bucharest at Euro 2020 on Thursday. Stepanenko, one of seven Shakhtar Donetsk players in the Ukraine squad, will operate in a holding midfield role with Manchester City's Oleksandr Zinchenko expected to start on the left wing. Mykola Shaparenko is also brought into the midfield, allowing Zinchenko to move into a more advanced position as a replacement for the injured Oleksandr Zubkov, who hurt his calf in the 3-2 loss to the Netherlands. Stefan Spirovski comes in for Aleksandar Trajkovski in the only change made by North Macedonia boss Igor Angelovski to the team beaten 3-1 by Austria in their first match at a major tournament as an independent nation. Starting line-ups: Ukraine (4-3-3) Georgiy Bushchan; Oleksandr Karavaev, Illia Zabarnyi, Mykola Matviyenko, Vitaliy Mykolenko; Taras Stepanenko, Mykola Shaparenko, Oleksandr Zinchenko; Ruslan Malinovskyi, Andriy Yarmolenko (capt), Roman Yaremchuk Coach: Andriy Shevchenko (UKR) North Macedonia (3-5-2) Stole Dimitrievski; Visar Musliu, Darko Velkovski, Stefan Ristovski; Ezgjan Alioski, Stefan Spirovski, Arijan Ademi, Enis Bardi, Boban Nikolov; Eljif Elmas, Goran Pandev (capt) Coach: Igor Angelovski (MKD) Referee: Fernando Rapallini (ARG) mw/nr
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2021-06-17
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Manchester City F.C.Andriy ShevchenkoUEFA Euro 2020BucharestDonetskMoment magnitude scaleMidfielderUkraineBaadaStefan SpirovskiVisar MusliuStefan Ristovski (footballer, born February 1992)Darko VelkovskiBoban NikolovVitaliy MykolenkoAleksandar TrajkovskiTaras StepanenkoArijan AdemiMacedonian denarStole DimitrievskiMykola MatviyenkoIgor AngelovskiRoman YaremchukAndriy YarmolenkoGoran PandevEzgjan AlioskiRuslan MalinovskyiOleksandr YanukovychNorth Macedonia national football teamUkraine national football teamAustria national football teamNetherlands national football team

