Gurenko to return to Belarus national football team after Puntus resigns

Sergei Gurenko, the former captain of Belarus national football team, does not rule out that he could rejoin the squad after the resignation of coach Yury Puntus. “All will depend on a new coach and the tasks that he will outline for the team," Lokomotiv Moscow's defender told the Sovietskaya Belorussia newspaper. “Since Puntus filed his resignation application, it means he feels that he will not cope with the team. Time will show what happens. All will depend on the man who will take over from Puntus," the player said.

Sergei Gurenko refused to play for the national squad in October 2006 after a home qualifier against Slovenia.