World Cup-2022. Ukraine drew with the current world champion France

Thanks to Shaparenko's debut goal, the blue-and-yellow team took the lead at the Olimpiysky National Sports Complex in Kyiv, but after the break the tricolors came back.

Compared to the game in Kazakhstan, five changes took place in the starting lineup of the national team of Ukraine. Kryvtsov and Tymchyk replaced Sobol and Karavaev in the defense, and Stepanenko, Shaparenko and Tsygankov replaced Sydorchuk, Zinchenko and Buyalsky in the middle line. However, the lineup with three central defenders and one striker remained unchanged.

Photo by Pavlo Kubanov

The debut of the match was for the Ukrainians, who after losing the ball tried to enter the selection in the middle of the opponent's field and organized several sharp quick raids to the goal of Lloris. After Tsygankov's breakthrough with Mykolenko on the left flank, Yaremchuk almost did not have time to strike a striking blow, and then Yarmolenko scored, but did not hit the plane. Subsequently, the French still managed to withdraw from the defense and moved to a planned positional offensive. After a corner Pogba managed to punch his head, but Pyatov was on the spot.

Still, the positive in the game of blue and yellow was enough. In addition to successful attempts at pressing, they also won a lot of rebounds. After one of these episodes in the 19th minute there was a promising combination, but Yarmolenko's pass was not used by Yaremchuk, behind whom Mykolenko remained in a more comfortable position.

Photo by Pavlo Kubanov

In the middle of the half, Griezmann's shot posed a potential danger, which turned out to be a little inaccurate, but after that the blue-yellows forced the world champions to take more care of the defense for a long time. The territorial advantage in those minutes was on the side of the Ukrainians, and the cleverly played corner could well have ended with the goal, but Lloris parried Yarmolenko's shot, and Zabarny missed the finish. The penalty kick by Petrakov's team was also sharp, culminating in Yarmolenko's header against the goalkeeper.

Just before the break, the tricolors seemed to come to their senses and counterattack, and if it weren't for Pyatov, who won the duel against Marseille, the score could have changed. But he changed in favor of the blue-yellows: after Yaremchuk's breakthrough, the ball bounced to Shaparenko, who drove him into the top corner from 18 meters!

Photo by Pavlo Kubanov

At the beginning of the second half, the guests played back. The team made a canopy from the right flank, Tymchyk prevented Rabio from breaking through at the cost of the injury, but Marsial was successful in the rebound. 1: 1. The Blue and Yellows responded with a series of dangerous passes to the penalty area and made several corners, one of which ended with a shot by Kryvtsov, who came to Rabio.

The French also played their corner sharply - Zuma scored a little above the goal. And in the 78th minute, Diaby, who came on as a substitute, finished his pass with a shot into the post. In the last minutes the ball was better held by the guests, but the score did not change. The national team of Ukraine ended in a draw and its fifth match of the qualifying tournament.

Photo by Pavlo Kubanov

World Cup-2022. European qualification. Group D

Ukraine - France - 1: 1 (1: 0)

Goals: Shaparenko (44) - Marseille (50).

Ukraine: Pyatov (k), Tymchyk, Zabarny, Kryvtsov, Matvienko, Mykolenko, Stepanenko, Shaparenko (Sidorchuk, 90), Tsygankov (Malinovsky, 82), Yarmolenko (Zubkov, 90 + 2), Yaremchuk (Sikan, 82).

Substitutions: Boyko, Riznyk, Sobol, Sirota, Makarenko, Kornienko, Kacharaba, Karavaev.

Trainer: Oleksandr Petrakov.

France: Lloris (k), Dubois, Zuma, Kimpembe, Dean, Tchouameni (Veretu, 83), Pogba, Coman (Diaby, 64), Rabio, Griezmann, Marseille (Benzema, 64).

Substitutions: Mandanda, Menyang, Varan, Mukiele, Genduzi, Langle, Hernandez.

Trainer: Didier Deschamps.

Referee: Slavko Vincic (Slovenia).

Booked: Yarmolenko (88), Malinovskyi (90) - Kimpembe (88).

September 4. Kyiv NSC Olympic. 47 380 spectators.

Standings

Teams

G

W

D

L

  М

P

1. France

5

2

3

0

6-3

9

2. Finland

3

1

2

0

4-3

5

3. Ukraine

5

0

5

0

6-6

5

4. Bosnia and Herzegovina

3

0

2

1

3-4

2

5 Kazakhstan

4

0

2

2

3-6

2

6 round. 07.09.2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Kazakhstan

France - Finland

7 round. 09.10.2021

Kazakhstan - Bosnia and Herzegovina

Finland - Ukraine

 

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