At the European Championships Georgia and Poland after penalties. Ukrainian Party with Mudryk. Dream gone for Greece, Wales and Iceland

The Georgia Of Kvaratskhelia center the appointment with history. In the League C play-off they beat 4-2 on penalties Greece a Tbilisi is volatile a Euro 2024, gaining access to the final phase of a major international competition for the first time. It was a game that was blocked for a long time with excitement only in extra time. The 0-0, however, did not break the deadlock so it was necessary to go to penalties where the Greek team paid dearly for their penalties. errors Of Bakasetas e Giakoumakis. Georgia in Germany will be part of group F, together with Türkiye, Portugal e Czech Republic.

Mavropanos crossbar, groin injury for Kvaratskhelia

Only one noteworthy occasion in the 90′: a free kick by Cit doesn’t hurt raised over the crossbar by Vlachodimos at the end of the first half. The challenge suddenly ignited in extra time: Greece, with Hatzidiakos starter, she made herself dangerous first with a left-footed shot from outside by Bakasetas, blocked by Mamardashviliand then (102′) with a header by Mavropanos on the development of a corner that hit the crossbar. Georgia responded with a close-range shot from the substitute Davitashvil to whom Vlachodimos he instinctively opposed it.

Kvara’s accident

In the 108th minute Kvaratskhelia raised the white flag, forced off due to a groin problem in his left leg. Georgia did not give up and came close to taking the lead again with two more substitutes: Tsitaishvili did not surprise Vlachodimos with a left-footed shot to the near post at the end of a good individual move, finally Mikautadze with a right-footed turn just missed the post at 120′.

Kvara’s injury will be evaluated in the next few hours, but the impression is that it is nothing serious: in a video that has gone viral on social networks, the Napoli striker is seen jumping and dancing in the locker room. Seeing him, Calzona must have breathed a sigh of relief.

Decisivi gli errori di Bakasetas and Giakoumakis

We then went to penalties where Mamardashvili immediately became the protagonist by saving a penalty from Bakasetas. Georgia squandered the lead with Mikautadze, who kicked his spot kick wide after wrong-footing Vlachodimos, but Greece failed to take advantage of the gift as they made a second mistake with Giakoumakis shooting wide. Georgia thanked them and secured their qualification by scoring the decisive goal with Kvekveskiri.

Ukraine at the European Championship

In addition to Georgia, theUkrainewho came back to beat 2-1 on the neutral ground in Wrocklaw, Poland.Iceland Of Albert Gudmundsson in the final play-off of League B. As with Bosnia, this time too the road immediately became uphill for Ukraine who showed up with Malinovskyi as the starter. The Northern Europeans, in fact, took the lead in the 31st minute with the unleashed Albert Gudmundsson (4th goal in 2 games) who concluded a great personal move with a great diagonal left-footed shot. Ukraine’s reaction was immediate and they found the equalizer (39′) with a two-step touch from Yaremchuk but the goal was disallowed by VAR due to offside by Tsygankov, who assisted his teammate. Rebrov’s team did not give up and only had to postpone the 1-1 draw by a few minutes: they thought of sealing it in the 54th minute Tsygankov who came in from the right and beat Valdimarsson with a precise left-footed shot. Gudmundsson tried to become a protagonist again, coming close to making it 1-2, but he scored the qualifying goal at the end (84′) Mudryk who sent the many Ukrainian fans into raptures with a precise diagonal right-footed shot from the edge on an assist from Sudakov. Ukraine in Germany will be part of group E together with Belgium, Slovakia e Romania.

Poland also celebrates after the penalties

The last team to earn the pass to Euro 2024 is the Poland who, like Georgia, needed penalties to eliminate (4-5) in Cardiff the Wales in the League A play-off. Absolute protagonist Wojciech Szczesny who saved the fifth and final shot from 11 meters Daniel James. For the British, Poland remains taboo given that they have not beaten it for 51 years. The most significant episode in the 120′, which ended 0-0 with a red card in the last second Mepham due to the addition of yellow cards, it occurred in full injury time in the first half when the home team went through with a header from Davies following Moore’s tower, but Orsato canceled out due to a millimetric offside by the Welsh captain. On penalties Poland, which was packed with ‘Italians’ (Szcz?sny, Dawidowicz, Zielinski, Zalewski and Swiderski starters) was impeccable hitting the target with Lewandowski, Szymanski, FrankowskiZalewski and his successor Piatek. Wales responded with Davies, Moore, Wilson e Nico Williams, but right at the last pitch he was betrayed by Daniel James. Poland in Germany will be part of group A, together with Holland, Austria e France.