The assembly already began in a heightened ambiance, because the Ukrainians first set the temper by taking a sector of a blown-up Kharkiv stadium to Munich to be able to draw the eye of the followers and journalists touring to the event to the conflict, after which the European Soccer Affiliation additionally intervened within the into occasions. Just some hours earlier than the match beginning at 15:00, UEFA determined to ban the Russian flags from the Allianz Area, the venue of the match, in order that they may not be used to impress the Ukrainian followers and gamers.
By the best way, there was a whole lot of anticipation earlier than the assembly, even Serhiy Rebrov, the nationwide crew captain of the Ukrainians, spoke about the truth that they’ve to point out how a lot they’ll combat, since they acquired a whole lot of messages from the combating troopers from the entrance, asking the gamers to face up for them on the sphere, who, one after the other, walked onto the garden wrapped within the flag of their nation. Accordingly, the Ukrainians began the match extra sharply, within the first minutes the blue shirts attacked primarily underneath the management of Chelsea’s legionnaire Mihajlo Mudrik, however the first shot that hit the aim belonged to the Romanians, Florinel Coman fired a not very robust shot into the center of the aim.
The primary nook needed to wait till the twenty second minute, the Ukrainians might take it, but it surely didn’t create a harmful state of affairs. After three minutes, Ukraine might repeat, however nothing got here of it both.
The Romanians responded with a bomb aim to Bakira
Within the match, the Ukrainian supremacy continued for a number of minutes, till the twenty ninth minute, when the Romanians surprisingly took the lead. The Ukrainian protection needed to be crippled for this, goalkeeper Andriy Lunyin offered the ball after a nasty move, however the aim was the credit score of Stanciu, who unleashed a brutal shot and bombed underneath the crossbar with out hesitation. (1–0)
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Gallery: Ukraine fell to the Romanians, however then they acquired such a slap that it was heard all the best way to Kiev Picture: image alliance / Getty Photos Hungary
The conceded aim visibly confused the Ukrainians, and Romania then took the initiative within the match. It took Ukraine seven minutes to tug themselves collectively, Mudrik threatened twice, however failed to attain. By this time, the sphere was virtually utterly torn aside: the midfield didn’t exist for both crew, there have been steady conditions on each side inside the 16-team.
Within the thirty ninth minute, Stanciu virtually doubled the variety of targets for himself and his crew. The rating didn’t change till half-time, and neither did the image of the sport, there have been conditions right here and there, however probably not harmful.
After the break got here the chilly bathe
After the flip, the image of the sport didn’t change a lot, barren Ukrainian superiority and Romanian risk, which the yellow jerseys then become a aim once more within the 53rd minute. Razvan Marin scored a aim a minimum of Stanciu within the first half, he bombed flatly into the proper nook from about 20 meters. Goalkeeper Lunyin couldn’t reply to this in any significant means. (2–0)
4 minutes later, one other blow got here: after a nook, Denis Dragus exploded onto a ball handed to the middle and it was already 3-0 for the Romanians. Though it was checked within the VAR room for a short while to see if the aim had been stopped, the aim was lastly deemed legitimate. (3–0)
Each nationwide crew captains responded to the third Romanian aim within the 62nd minute: on the Romanian aspect, Ianis Hagi and Valentin Mihaila changed Dennis Man and Florinel Coman, whereas on the Ukrainian aspect, Rebrov made a triple substitution. He took down Stepanenko, Sarapenko and Tsyhankov, and of their place got here three forwards, Brazsko, Yaremchuk and Yarmolenko. Regardless of the substitutions, Romania was extra attacking, within the 67th minute Konoplja might solely cease the Romanian assault with a yellow card. By the best way, Konoplja was not on the sphere for lengthy after that: he was changed by Timcsik within the 72nd minute.
The Ukrainians didn’t discover a aim for 76 minutes
Within the 73rd minute, the Ukrainians took a nook with a brief break, after a Romanian fan walked onto the sphere and hugged one of many gamers of the nationwide crew. The person within the yellow shirt was then escorted out by safety. Within the seventy fifth minute, one other double Romanian substitution got here: former Fehérvár Adrian Rus and striker George Puscas changed Marius Marin and Denis Dragus.
Within the 77th minute, one thing occurred that had by no means occurred earlier than within the match: a Ukrainian shot discovered the web! Sudakov bombed from the center, in an identical place to Stanciu’s aim, however this shot didn’t hit the web: goalkeeper Nita simply saved it. Ukraine might probably not velocity up their offensive recreation later both, they operated with weak possibilities. Within the 83rd minute, Rebrov took benefit of his final substitution: Sudakov was changed by Malinovsky, however even then they may not get right into a critical state of affairs. Within the 86th minute, the writer of the primary Romanian aim, Stanciu, got here off and was changed by Racovitan.
The image of the assembly didn’t change till the tip, the Ukrainians attacked weakly, and Romania didn’t even attempt to go ahead. The top was 3-0.
Ukraine can enhance towards Slovakia on Friday, whereas the Romanians play towards Belgium on Saturday.
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