He has two goals this Euros, as does his attacking partner Roman Yaremchuk. He means so much to this team and his absence would be a huge blow for Ukraine if he does not recover. The captain seemed to be limping from the 60th minute onwards but somehow lasted until the end of the first half of extra time. Ukraine have outscored England by six goals to four so far this tournament although there will now be a big question mark over Andriy Yarmolenko’s fitness after a gruelling game against the Swedes. There has been an outcry for Grealish, in particular, to start and it will be interesting to see whether the Aston Villa man gets a chance from the first minute on Saturday, with England expected to dominate the game. It has meant a lot of time on the bench for players such as Jack Grealish, Phil Foden and, after isolating, Mason Mount. The midfield has been a huge talking point in England before and during the Euros, with Southgate continuing his preference of two holding midfielders, at the moment Declan Rice and Kalvin Phillips. The creative Ruslan Malinovskyi was a surprise omission from that starting lineup and he may have to settle for a place on the bench again. The crossfield passes between the two, not unlike those of the Gosens-Kimmich partnership for Germany, were one of the few things that unsettled the Swedish defence in Tuesday’s game. Shevchenko has tried several different formations during his reign but it would be surprising if he did not choose to field three central midfielders in his 3-5-2 with Oleksandr Zinchenko to the left and Oleksandr Karavaev to the right. Sweden’s Emil Forsberg proved a handful for the Ukraine defence in Tuesday’s last-16 game.
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