Liverpool striker Andriy Voronin faces the axe with Ukraine after a row with coach Oleg Blokhin.
Voronin, a substitute in his country's 2-1 defeat to Italy, reacted angrily to comments made by his coach late in the game.
When asked why the Anfield star was benched at the start, Blokhin fumed: "It's obvious. Voronin hardly strengthened us when he came on.
"In fact, he was one of the reasons Italy got the second goal. He looks to me like he has put on an extra three kilos of weight.
"We created 10 chances in the match and only took one. It's no wonder there was frustration.
"But no footballer has any right to speak the way he did to his coach. If he wishes to shout like that, let him go to Liverpool and say it to Rafa Benitez!
"After the match, I apologised to the team. I know that it was partly my fault, too.
"However, Andriy obviously doesn't consider it necessary to apologise and, if he continues like that, then I won't think it necessary to include him in the national team!"
But Voronin last night refused to back down in the war of words with Blokhin that could result in him being dropped.
The 28-year-old ace, capped 48 times for his country, said: "You must understand that I do not welcome this situation, but I am no longer a child. I won't allow anyone to patronise me the way Blokhin did."