Win after nine years of waiting: Ukraine beat elite rookies

06/17/2021 Lithuania



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Andrei Shevchenko’s students, who started the match aggressively, besieged the rival goal and for the first 10 minutes. Ruslan Malinovsky was the most threatened.

29 min the Ukrainians broke the Macedonian defense. Aleksandras Karavajevas made a shot from around 35 meters and Andrejus Jarmolenka and could not do anything about it, diving and swerving, he did it all up.

After only 5 minutes. the difference was doubled by another striker, Roman Yaremchuk.

Goran Pandevas, the most productive and most played player of the match after a rare counterattack, was reduced, but his goal was not scored.

At the beginning of the second part, the Macedonians had to endure the storm again, but after doing so, they themselves organized a fruitful response.

57 min A. Karavajev fouled G. Pandeva in his penalty area, and although Ezgjan Alioski’s shot from the 11m mark was blocked by Georg Busčan, the Macedonian sent the ball into the net on a repeated attempt.

The missed goal chilled the determination of the Ukrainians and, on the contrary, gave wings to the Macedonians. However, the 75 min. Viktoras Cygankovas appeared just in time near the post and led him past the goalkeeper.

83 min another 11m penalty, this time for the Macedonian goal for one hand in the penalty area. Malinovsky’s attempt was also supported by Stole Dimitrievski. It was already the fourth rebound in this championship of five.

However, the Ukrainians will certainly not have a headache because he has achieved a long-awaited result.

So far, the Ukrainian team has achieved their first and last win at the continental championships in 2012, when they defeated Sweden 2: 1.

The match also went down in history in the sense that for the first time a referee from South America worked at the European Championship.

Argentine Fernando Rapallini with all his compatriot brigade was invited under the UEFA and CONMEBOL exchange program.

Similarly, Spaniard Jesús Gill Manzano was sent to work in the current Copa América tournament in Brazil.

The result

Ukraine 2-1 North Macedonia
29 ‘ [1 – 0] Andrejus Jarmolenka
3. 4 ‘ [2 – 0] Roman yaremchuk
57 ‘ [2 – 1] Ezgjan Alioski

In the first round, the Ukrainians were 2: 3 behind the Netherlands, and the Macedonians were forced to recognize Austria’s 1: 3 lead.

Group C leaders will complain to each other on Thursday, starting at 10 pm Lithuanian time.

In the FIFA rankings, Ukraine is ranked 24th and North Macedonia 62nd (the lowest among all participants in the championship).

The Macedonians make their debut in the European Championship, which they participated in during the UEFA Nations League. Ukrainians participate in the championship for the third time after the collapse of the USSR.

The teams have met four times so far: Ukraine achieved two victories, one for North Macedonia and another match ended in a draw.

In the last round of Group C on June 21. We Ukrainians defy the Austrians, and the Macedonians, the Dutch.

The biggest European football event postponed for a year due to the pandemic includes, for the first time, up to 11 cities from different countries, with a total of 24 national teams competing, and the title is being defended by Portugal.

The top two teams from each group and four of the six will rank third in the playoff subgroups.

The winners of the month-long tournament will be announced in the final at Wembley Stadium in London on July 11.

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