Gladkiy is hoping to recover for the return game in Slovenia on Tuesday. Ukraine will also be without injured midfielder Ruslan Rotan for both legs while defensive midfielder Taras Stepanenko and full back Olexandr Kucher are suspended for the first game. Ukraine's clash with Slovenia is a repeat of the Euro 2000 playoff which the Slovenians won 3-2 on aggregate to reach their first major tournament as an independent nation.
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(Reporting by Igor Nitsak, editing by Ed Osmond)
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