"Benfica sent a second letter to UAF notifying them of Trubin's refusal to go to the Olympics

According to the TaToTake telegram channel, Benfica sent a second letter to the UAF notifying them of its refusal to release goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin to the Olympics.

Anatoly Trubin. Photo: Getty Images

It is reported that Benfica intends to release its other goalkeeper, Leo Kokubo, to the Japanese Olympic team. Lisbon obviously do not want to stay with the reserve Samuel Soares and the very young Andre Gomes.

Thus, Ruslan Rotan's staff has three candidates for the trip - Kyrylo Fesyun (Shakhtar), Heorhiy Yermakov (Oleksandriya), Yakiv Kinareikin (Dnipro-1), plus Ruslan Neshcheret - a decision on whom Dynamo has not yet made.

Ukraine's final bid for the Olympics will include 18 players.