U-21: Ukraine's national team at the tournament Valeriy Lobanovsky defeated Cyprus and reached the finals
Ruslan Rotan's charges beat the team of Cyprus in the semifinals of the competition without any problems, scoring three meters in the opponent's goal.'.
The national team of Ukraine opened the tournament of Valery Lobanovsky with a match against the team of Cyprus. From the first minutes Ruslan Rotan's charges took control of the ball, not giving the opponent a chance to counterattack. However, the blue-yellows did not bring their attacks to dangerous moments. And only when Cyprus dispersed a bit, the Ukrainians opened an account. In the 29th minute, a long pass to the opponent's goal ended in a goalkeeper's mistake at the exit, which Kozhushko took advantage of, sending the ball into the empty net. 1: 0. And later, until the end of the first half, our team controlled the game, but the score did not change.
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And already in the very debut of the second half, the Ukrainians scored for the second time, more precisely, they were helped by the Cypriots, scoring in their own goal. And in the 58th minute the question of the winner was removed. Topalov took advantage of a mistake in the opponent's defense, hitting the unprotected goal. 3: 0.
In the second half of the second half, due to the large number of substitutions, the pace of the game dropped significantly, but this did not interfere with the blue and yellows, which continued to create goals. So, before Kozhushko hit the post, he was hit by a goalkeeper ...
The last minutes of the team fight were already over. Perhaps the Ukrainians did not want to chase down an opponent, and the Cypriots did not know how to create problems at the gate of Trubin, who replaced Kozhukhar in the second half.
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As a result, on June 5, Ruslan Rotan's team will play in the final of the Valery Lobanovsky Tournament with Israel - last year's finalist ...
Tournament Valery Lobanovsky. Semifinal
Ukraine (U-21) - Cyprus (U-21) - 3: 0 (1: 0)
Goals: Kozhushko (29), Papamichel (47, own goal), Topalov (58).
Ukraine: Kozhukhar (Trubin, 70), Stetskov, Seminikhin, Bykov, Kozak (Kryskiv, 60), Alibekov (Biloshevsky, 59), Lednev (Wise, 60), Smyrny (Lunyov, 70), Yakimets, Topalov (Vakula, 65), Kozhushko (Mosiychuk, 64).
Cyprus: Demetriou, Panteli (Sergio, 46), Papamichel (Panayotu, 72), Correa (Charalampus, 77), Gerolem (Anastasio, 46), Matthew (Neophyte, 66), Callis, Luca (Psychos, 46), Hadjipaschalis (Katsa) 66), Adoni, Shpolarich (Pileas, 46).
Booked: Lednev - Papamichel, Matthew, Adoni.
Referee: I. Bondar (Kyiv).
June 3. Kiev. NSC Olimpiiskyi
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