The Ukrainian beach soccer team defeated France and secured a ticket to the 2023 European Games

Today, in the first match of the small semi-finals of the Euroleague-2022, which is taking place in Cagliari, Italy, the Ukrainian beach soccer team met with France.

The victory in this match ensured Mykola Kostenko's wards a ticket to the 2023 European Games in Krakow. 

Our national team immediately seized the initiative, and in the 5th minute Dmytro Medvid opened the scoring with a brilliant shot from a long distance. And just before the break, our goalkeeper Andrii Nerush made an equally spectacular shot - 2:0.

However, the start of the second 12 minutes was left to the French and Jeremy Bru reduced our lead. The response of the Ukrainians was quick. In three minutes, Ivan Hlutsky again brought the gap to two goals, and soon Dmytro Voytenko increased it to three. Then the teams exchanged goals by Theo Guerin and Andrii Pashko, and at the end of the period - goals scored by Quentin Joslen and Voytenko. The score was 6:3 in favor of Ukraine.

The beginning of the final part of the game remained completely behind the blue-yellow team. First, Antoni Barbotti helped us with an own goal, and then the same Voitenko, who scored a hat-trick, and Yurii Shcheritsa scored. The French reduced the gap somewhat thanks to well-placed strikes from Santos Diaz and Joslin. But Medvyd put an end to this productive meeting. In the end, Ukraine won 10:5. 

Euroleague-2022 on beach soccer. Men. Division A

Matches for 5-8 places

Ukraine - France - 10: 5

Goals: Medvid (5, 33), Nerush (12), Hlutsky (16), Voytenko (18, 24, 27), Pashko (20), Barbotti (26, own goal), Shcheritsa (27) — Bru (13), Gerin ( 20), Joslain (24, 31), Diaz (28).

After 18 minutes excluded Basquiat (France).

Ukraine: Nerush, Kovalenko, I. Borsuk, A. Borsuk, Shcheritsa, Medvid, Voytok, Voytenko, Pashko, Zborovsky.

Thus, the Ukrainian beach soccer team won a ticket to the 2023 European Games. And tomorrow Mykola Kostenko's wards will meet the winner of the Poland-Azerbaijan pair in the match for the 5th-6th places of Euroleague-2022.

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