Peev out for Dynamo run-in
Friday, May 30, 2003
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FC Dynamo Kyiv and Bulgaria midfielder Gueorgui Peev will miss the rest of the season with ankle injury.
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Ankle injury
The 24-year-old sustained the injury in the eighth minute of Dynamo's league game against FC Metalurh Zaporizhya, which the capital club won 3-0. After a tackle from another Bulgarian player, Valentin Ivanov, Peev was rushed to the hospital and underwent the surgery on the same evening.
Unknown absence
It is not yet known how long Dynamo will be without Peev, but it is clear that he will miss the the final three games of the Ukrainian season as his side face FC Tavriya Simferopol, FC Arsenal Kyiv and FC Metalist Kharkiv, hoping to maintain their one-point lead at the top of the table. Peev will also miss Bulgaria's UEFA EURO 2004™ qualifier against Belgium on 7 June.
Bulgarian worries
Bulgaria are leaders of EURO 2004™ qualifying Group 8 with ten points. Peev will be the sixth significant player to withdraw from the Bugarian squad ahead of the key game against Belgium, while Dynamo have lost all all midfielders and defenders capable of playing on the right, as Yuri Dmitrulin and László Bodnár are also nursing injuries.
