Ukraine’s footballers became the last quarterfinalist of EURO 2020. In Tuesday’s eight-final match, they won in Glasgow over Sweden 2: 1 after extra time.
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Ukrainian hero Arťom Dovbyk escapes Swedish players.
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In the fight for the semifinals, they will play on Saturday, July 3, at 9:00 pm CET in Rome with England, which defeated Germany 2-0 at Wembley.
The Swedes, who defeated Slovakia in the group with a goal from a penalty of 1: 0, lost from the 27th minute, when Oleksandr Zinčenko took the lead.
Tre kronor equalized in the 43rd minute, when he scored the fourth goal in the fourth match of the Emil Forsberg tournament after a dotted shot.
In the second half, the shooters were silent, the duel reached extra time, in which he saw a red card for a foul by Marcus Danielson and in the 120th + 1 minute decision was decided by Arťom Dovbyk.
It is interesting that the Swedes helped the Ukrainians at a distance to advance to the round of 16.
Round of 16
Glasgow
Sweden – Ukraine 1: 2 pp (1: 1, 1: 1)
Goals: 43. Forsberg – 27. Zinchenko, 120. + 1 Dovbyk, RC: Kulusevski, Forsberg – Jarmolenko, Dovbyk, RC: 99. Danielson (Sweden). Judges: Orsato – Giallatini, Preti (all Tal.), 9221 spectators.
Sweden: Olsen – Lustig (83. Krafth), Lindelöf, Danielson, Augustinsson (83. Bengtsson) – S. Larsson (97. Claesson), Olsson (101. Helander), Ekdal, Forsberg – Kulusevski (97. Quaison), Isak (97 . Mountain)
Ukraine: Bushchan – Karavaev, Zabarny, Kryvtsov, Matviyenko – Sydorchuk (118th Bezus), Stepanenko (95th Makarenko), Zinchenko – Yarmolenko (106th Dovbyk), Yaremchuk (91st Besedin, 101st Tsygankov), Shaparenko (61st Malinovsky)
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The Swedes started the duel at a good pace, but their opponent had the first big chance. Jaremčuk knocked one home from a counterattack down the right wing, making the score 5 – 1 after 11 minutes. Isak had a fantastic opportunity to put Isak up another goal 19 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar.
The score changed for the first time in the 27th minute and Ukraine took the lead unexpectedly. After a nice combination, Jarmolenko flipped the ball to the other side of the penalty area, where he volleyed it into Zinchenko’s net.
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The Swedes were able to equalize in the 29th minute, the direct kick by Larsson technically twisted, but Buščan did not overcome the goalkeeper. At 2-0, he could have put Jarmolenko three minutes later, working for the rebound, but shooting only over the top of Olsen’s goal.
The Swedes were looking for a way to equalize and managed to do it in the 43rd minute. Forsberg again showed good form and his shot with a left hand, which was still flowing by the defender Zabarny, jumped Buščan.
Busy football was played even after the change of sides. The better northerns started him again and in the 54th minute Larsson narrowly missed. Ukraine immediately shot a rod with Sydorchuk, on the other hand also hit the construction of the gate after the activity of Isak Forsberg.
The Swedes came under pressure, Isak ran for the Ukrainian defense and missed, but was offside. The Swedes played to the full, the Ukrainian bloc was causing them problems. After 66 minutes Kulusevski made a speedy advance and dropped the ball to Buščana who shuffled it past the corner. Jarmolenko fired in a good position from the subsequent counterattack.
In the 69th minute, Forsberg showed himself again, after a nice penetration into the position, his hard technical wrapper almost broke the crossbar. In the final 15-minute, it was a hard fight for every meter of the field, the players ran out of strength and kicked inaccuracies.
With 89 minutes played, the visitors could have drawn level after Kulusevski came through the middle, but his kick went wide.
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He had to extend his time by 2 × 15 minutes, and after 99 minutes Besedina’s Danielson had to leave the fray. The injured Besedin did not finish, but Ukraine played a 20-minute power play.
She pushed the Swedes, but they resisted until the extra time was completely set. In it, the substituting Dovbyk decided after the center of Zincenko.
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