Former footballer of Lviv’s “Karpaty” Yuriy Benyo assessed the progress of two Ukrainian defenders playing in the English league, — Illia Zabarnyi from “Bournemouth” and Vitaliy Mykolenko from “Everton”.
“If you play consistently well at a high level, you are a good footballer, and Zabarnyi proves this quite well. He doesn’t have any major failures — yes, there can be a game where he doesn’t play at his level, but overall he plays consistently and proves that at this moment he is one of the best defenders of the national team. I believe he has a great future ahead.
As for Mykolenko, he started much better than he is playing now; injuries and frequent changes of coaches play their role in this. Right now he doesn’t look very convincing, to be honest. When Vitaliy comes to the national team, there is a lack of confidence in his actions. We know he can do much better,” Benyo said.