U-21: Ukraine's national team defeated peers from Greece

14.10.2019 19:55

Photo by Pavlo Kubanov

Ruslan Rotany's team decided the fate of the match after the break, scoring two goals at the home side.

A friendly match between the youth national teams of Greece and Ukraine took place today. As hosts, the Greeks started the match more actively, but, except for three standard positions in the debut, they did not remember anything else. And generally speaking, the first half passed with the full advantage of the blue-yellows, although only two really dangerous moments were created during this time. In the 10th minute, after the transfer of Bondar, Konoplya went on his own, but could not beat the goalkeeper, and in the 27th minute after the transfer of Alibekov at an acute angle on a rendezvous with the goalkeeper of Greece, Rusin came out, but delayed with a blow. Rusin managed to score in the 32nd minute, but, according to the local referee, the forward did it from offside.

During the break, Ukraine's coaches probably made adjustments, as in the 53rd minute, blue-yellow opened the scoring. After the transfer of Smyrna the resultant shot from afar was marked by Shaparenko. He became Smyrna's assistant in the second goal, which scored Rusyn in the 58th minute.

Friendly Match

Greece (U-21) - Ukraine (U-21) — 0: 2 (0: 0)

Goals: Shaparenko (53), Rusin (58).

Ukraine (U-21): Nescheret (Kucheruk, 46), Hemp, Popov, Bondar, Lebedenko, Alibekov (Kryskiv, 66), Cheberko (Nazarenko, 59), Shaparenko, Lednev (Tsitaishvili, 59), Topalov (Smirny, 46), Rusyn (Kozhushko, 74) ).