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Viktor Tsygankov scored shortly after entering the court in the second half, and Ukraine beat this Tuesday 1-0 Spain in the League of Nations.
It was the first victory of the Ukrainian team against “La Roja” in history.
The nearly 15,000 fans who were allowed into the Kiev Olympic Stadium cheered loudly after Tsygankov he shook the nets with a shot from outside the area, after a pass that captain Andriy Yarmolenko advanced to cap a counterattack in the 76th minute.
Ukraine had not even scored a goal against Spain in 17 years. Tsyngakov He had entered the meeting 10 minutes earlier.
The Spaniards had the most significant scoring opportunities during the match, but the locals took advantage of their option late in the game to claim victory.
SPAIN IS THE LEADER OF THE GROUP
The Spanish team will continue to lead group 4 in the League of Nations, despite its 1-0 defeat against Ukraine in Kiev, thanks to Germany’s 3-3 draw against Switzerland in a match played in Cologne -finally without an audience- , and belonging to the fourth day of competition.
Joachim Low’s team is still looking for its new label and this Tuesday it was saved by a high heel from Serge Gnabry with 20 minutes remaining. The “Mannschaft” was always behind a Switzerland that found the way to the goal very early. At 25 minutes they were already winning 2-0 with goals from Mario Gavranovic and Remo Freuler.
In the Swiss national team played the left back Ricardo Rodríguez, born in Zurich, son of a Spanish father and Chilean mother.
Germany went from less to more and accumulated more ball in the medullary, which was translated into more occasions, some of them in the feet of Timo Werner, author of the 1-2 in the half hour. The Chelsea striker was one of the best in the German team, less thick as the minutes passed. The reaction was clear and the tie would not be long in coming.
At the beginning of the complement, Kai Havertz established equality, but the Swiss team had not yet said his last word. Just two minutes later Gavranovic appeared again to place the third in the Swiss account. The advantage hurt a Germany that had to row again from behind.
And the credit went to Gnabry, with an excellent heel that returned the tables to the scoreboard, assisted by Werner. Low’s men tried it down the stretch, with one more in time added by the expulsion of Fabian Schaer.
However, nothing changed in the 3-3 final that left Spain as the leader of the group, while Germany and Ukraine are second and third, respectively, both with six points, one less than the European “Red”.
GROUP 4 POSITIONS:
1st Spain 7 points (+4)
2nd Germany 6 (+1)
3rd Ukraine 6 (-3)
4th Switzerland 2 (-2)
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