At the very beginning of yesterday’s friendly match between Kharkiv’s «Metalist 1925» and the Greek «Panathinaikos» (0:3), in one of the duels, the rookie of the Ukrainian team, defender Ilya Krupsky collided head-on with an opponent and could not continue the game.
Ilya Krupsky after the collision. Photo — FC «Metalist 1925»In the hospital, the 20-year-old footballer was diagnosed with a concussion and will now miss about 10 days, reports the press service of «Metalist 1925».
It should be added that the match against «Panathinaikos» was only Krupsky’s second in the Kharkiv team’s jersey. He joined «Metalist 1925» at the beginning of this year but spent the second half of the 2024/25 season on loan at his previous team, Poltava’s «Vorskla».
