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World Cup-2022. Team
Football.ua together with the project partner, TM Lvivske, are summarizing the results of the qualifying match for the 2022 World Cup, in which the Ukrainian team managed to score their first points in the current cycle.
March 24, 2021 11:42 pm
Andriy Shevchenko’s team on the night of reports was to start a new qualifying cycle for itself, which will frame the most important event for him in 2021: the final stage of the 2020 European Championship. However, the Ukrainian team must always think several steps ahead, so the qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup here and now were the most important competition for her. In addition, when this stage began in the field of the current world champions, the French team.
The Ukrainian team in the match against Didier Deschamps’ team at the Stade de France acted in the state of an obvious loser, which was only confirmed on the football field during the first half. Andriy Shevchenko offered the experienced rival mentor a rather unusual formation of his charges in a formation of five defenders, thanks to which it was possible to stop the active work of the rivals on the flanks, where Kilian Mbappé and Kingsley Coman were present.
However, the potential of the “blue-yellows” in the attack actions of such a rearrangement suffered greatly. The Ukrainian team passed the opening segment trying to put pressure on the center line, but were then forced to sink closer to their own possessions, and the opponents began to have the first chances to score. In this context, it is worth noting the missed opportunity of Olivier Giroud, who completed the cross from the left wing of Hernández with a touchdown goal in the back of Mikolenko, who was standing nearby.
Unfortunately, this was only the first call to much bigger trouble for our national team. In the 19th minute, a serious error by the lateral referee, who did not see Pavar’s offside as he launched the French right-back in motion, after which Griezmann successfully took the rebound and made a magnificent blow in the far upper corner.
Having conceded, the Ukrainian team lost a bit of confidence in their defensive actions, so they were able to score the second goal in their own goal, however, Kylian Mbappé fired his shot from a medium distance over the crossbar almost on the next attack.
Andriy Shevchenko’s team actions in the opposite half were too timid, which is why it was the large number of players who had to play with an emphasis on defense. Indeed, Lloris could only be bothered by Oleksandr Zinchenko’s inaccurate early attack on the counterattack, but the youngest captain in the history of the Ukrainian team missed. However, certain positive moments were glimpsed before the second half.
The game after the break was very similar in its development scenario to the notorious 1: 7, but a major difference was the fact that the final result of the briefing was much more acceptable to our team. Ukraine started the second half with a slight confusion in the center line, but quickly managed to reestablish a stable course of development of their attacks. And immediately followed by a goal! In the 57th minute, Dynamo played on the right flank of someone else’s penalty area, and from Karavaev’s pass Sidorchuk fired into the near corner, but Kimpembe’s rebound clearly worked in our favor, after which Lloris recovered.
It is noteworthy that the ‘blue-yellows’, after the success achieved, did not choose the tactic of playing from the ball, and at the end of the game the coaching staff, on the contrary, began to feed our attack with substitutions in the direction of strengthen ball control. A well-coordinated defensive game, lacking at some point in the first half, deprived the French of the opportunity to show themselves in a wide range of attacks. Mbappé was practically excommunicated from the final stage and Griezmann’s activity decreased notably.
The combination of high-quality zone pressure and personal play from a distance in front of his own penalty gave Shevchenko’s team the opportunity to have a confident end to the match. Of course, Georgy Buschan had a couple more moments during which he had to save the goal from stubborn opponents, but his confident play on the line, against which teammates on the close perimeter began to feel even more focused, gave the maximum. result. This is “only” a point, but in whose field!
In the next round, the Ukrainian team will play a home game against Finland, and France will be the first of our sextet to visit Kazakhstan.
France – Ukraine 1: 1
Goals: Griezmann, 19 – Kimpembe, 57 (author)
France: Lloris – Pavar, Varane, Kimpembe, Hernandez – Coman (Dembele, 64), Kante, Rabio, Mbappé (Martial, 77) – Griezmann, Giroud (Pogba, 63).
Ukraine: Buschan – Karavaev, Krivtsov, Zabarny, Matvienko, Mikolenko – Shaparenko (Zubkov, 86), Malinovsky, Sidorchuk (Kovalenko, 79), Zinchenko – Yaremchuk (Moraes, 72).
Warnings: Pavar.
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