Ukraine's futsal national team in the second sparring confidently beat guests from Croatia

10.04.2019 22:38

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In preparation for the main selection round for the 2020 World Cup Oleksandr Kosenko's wards played a second friendly game against the Croats.

After yesterday draw 1: 1 the blue-and-yellows head coach saidthat in the next sparring his team will try to win. And from the first minutes of the match in the Zaporozhye Palace of Sports "Youth" it became clear that the Ukrainians are serious about winning.

In comparison with the first meeting, only Shoturma kept the place in the starting lineup of our team. It was the Prodexim player who opened the scoring in the 8th minute, when Korsun brought him to the strike position after pruning his opponents. It should be noted that Razuvanov, Pedyash and Mykytyuk fired good shots earlier.

The Blue and Yellows continued to take the initiative and soon doubled their advantage. Pedyash scored powerfully from afar, and Farenyuk was the first to finish - 2: 0. Opponents became more active only at the end of the starting 20 minutes - Kanyukh checked Ivanyak, and Mataya in the counterattack hit the post of our goal.

In the second half of the meeting the situation did not change. The Ukrainians surrounded the opponents' penalty area, and Primych had to save the team after strikes by Mykytyuk, Korolyshyn and Korsun. In the 31st minute, Horvat fouled Jurba in the penalty area, and the victim himself converted a penalty.

The Croats could soak the score, but the courage caught Ivanyak, who repulsed all the blows of rivals in the plane, as well as leveled the exit of Sutton himself. At the end of the match, the Balkans took fouls, but Korolyshyn failed to take a double penalty. In the end - 3: 0 in favor of the blue and yellow.

Friendly match of national futsal teams

Ukraine - Croatia - 3: 0 (2: 0)

Goals: Shoturma (8), Fahrenyuk (13), Hurba (31, penalty kick).

36 minutes into the match missed a double penalty.

Ukraine: Ivanyak - Korolyshyn, Razuvanov, Korsun, Shoturma - Mykytyuk, Radevych, Farenyuk, Zhurba, Bila Tserkva, Saltanov, Sorokin, Pedyash, Litvinenko.

Croatia: Primic - Kanyukh, Martinats, Jurash, Horvat - Perisic, Suton, Gudasic, Cekol, Yurlina, Mataya, Vukelic, Baskovic.

Yellow cards: Razuvanov (15) - Horvat (31), Mataya (36).

It will be recalled that the national team of Ukraine immediately got to the main round of selection for the 2020 World Cup. The matches of this stage will take place on October 22-27 this year. Rivals of the blue-yellows will be Slovenia, Macedonia and Kosovo. According to the rules, two of the best teams of the quartet will break into the elite round.