Hleb left out of Belarus squad
Reuters - Wednesday 18 May 2011, 14:36
MINSK - Belarus midfielder Alexander Hleb
was omitted from coach Bernd Stange's 22-man squad on Wednesday
for next month's Euro 2012 qualifiers against France and
Luxembourg.
The 30-year-old Hleb has been hit by a spate of injuries
this season after joining Birmingham City on loan from Barcelona
and had knee surgery earlier this month.
Second-placed Belarus, who stunned the French 1-0 in Paris
last September in their Euro 2012 opener, have eight points from
five matches and trail France by four points.
They host Group D leaders France on June 3 and Luxembourg
four days later.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Yuri Zhevnov (Zenit St Petersburg), Anton
Amelchenko (Lokomotiv Moscow), Sergei Veremko (FK Sevastopol).
Defenders: Maxim Bordachyov (BATE Borisov), Igor Shitov
(BATE Borisov), Dmitry Verkhovtsev (Naftan Novopolotsk), Sergei
Omelyanchyuk (Terek Grozny), Dmitry Molosh (Krylya Sovietov
Samara), Alexander Martynovich (FK Krasnodar), Maxim Zhavnerchik
(Kuban Krasnodar), Vitaly Trubilo (Slavia Prague).
Midfielders: Alexander Bychenok (Dynamo Minsk), Pavel
Nekhaichik (BATE Borisov), Pavel Sitko (Shakhtyor Soligorsk),
Yan Tigarev (Tom Tomsk), Alexander Kulchiy (FK Krasnodar),
Timofei Kalachev (Rostov), Anton Putilo (Freiburg), Sergei
Krivets (Lech Poznan).
Forwards: Sergei Kornilenko (Blackpool), Vyacheslav Hleb
(Dynamo Minsk), Andrei Voronkov (Kryvbas Kriviy Rih).