Euro-2021 (U-21): Ukraine's national team starts in the qualifying tournament against the defeat of Finland

06.09.2019 22:21

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In the first match of the official tournament under the leadership of Ruslan Rotan, the Ukrainian "youth" lost to Finnish peers.

The starting lineup of blue and yellows was almost half the world champions: Hemp, Bondar, Kornienko, Buletsa and Sikan took the field in the first minutes, which in June won gold awards 2019 World Cup (U-20). It could have been more, but among those who escaped due to injuries, there was also Popov with Spouse.

Although the hosts started the game not very confidently, it seemed that they gradually coped with the excitement and began to threaten the opponent's goal. Trying to get out of the defense through a short and medium pass, the Ukrainians made the first multi-pass combination with a finish in the 7th minute. Topalov hit his head from the goal line after the canopy of Hemp, but the ball missed the plane of the goal. Then there were attempts to kill Alibekov and again Topalov, but the account was opened by the Finns. After playing the ball after throwing the out, they took it to the penalty area. Valakari Bilyk coped with the blow, but Kelman pushed Bondar away. 0: 1.

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This development prompted the blue and yellows to take more action, and they closed the Finns in their half of the field for a long time. In general, the game was given to Rotan's wards. They also had races with gears on the move, and diagonal transfers. But numerous throws and shots in the penalty area did not find the last recipient for a long time. And when Kornienko, Bulets and Topalov still managed to strike, Jaaskelainen acted confidently within the framework. And already in the time compensated for the first half after Kornienko's shot and a ricochet from the defender, the ball hit the crossbar of the Finnish goal.

In the second half, he was very active in the game of Tsitaishvili, with the participation of which a few moments were created, but the guests were lucky enough to fight back. Subsequently, the Finns tried to push the game away from their goal, and to some extent they succeeded. Particularly disturbing about Billy's tenure was during the standards, when guests from the north, due to their predominance in anthropometry, posed a danger. And after one of these draws, the white and blue earned an 11-meter, which was sold by Valakari.

The next match of the blue and yellow qualifying tournament will be held on September 10, again in Zaporozhye, against the Malta team.

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Euro-2021 (U-21). Qualifying Tournament. Group 8

Ukraine (U-21) - Finland (U-21) - 0: 2 (0: 1)

Goals: Kelman (18), Valakari (81, from penalty).

Ukraine (U-21): Bilik, Hemp, Bondar, Cheberko (k), Kornienko, Alibekov, Shaparenko, Kozak (Tsitaishvili, 46), Buletsa (Vakula, 74), Topalov (Mudrik, 60), Sikan (Lednev, 82).

Substitutions: Kucheruk, Baboglo, Smirny, Milovanov, Czech.

Trainer: Ruslan Rotan.

Finland (U-21): Jaaskelainen, Halme (k), Pikkarainen, Sundman, Hjuwerinen, Lingman, Kairinen, Soisalo (Hakkinen, 86), Wertainen (Juliatupa, 46, Fagerstrom, 74), Kelman, Valakari.

Substitutions: Leislahti, Mohammed, Oksanen, Assenun, Virtanen, Cooussivi-Benissan.

Trainer: Juha Malinen.

September 6th. Zaporizhzhia. Slavutych-Arena Stadium. Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Croatia). Booked: Alibekov (63), Kornienko (84), Konoplya (90) - Sundman (56), Jaaskelainen (75), Lingman (90 + 1).

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