The Ukrainian national team started with a defeat at the European Championship 2020. In the match of the 1st round of group C, Andriy Shevchenko's charges in Amsterdam at the stadium "

Franck de Boer's team started the meeting very powerfully. Already in the opening 10 minutes of the game, the Dutch had several excellent opportunities to open an account, but luck was on the side of the " In addition, Georgy Buschan acted confidently at the gates of the Ukrainians.

On the 13th minute, there was another unpleasant moment for our team. Alexander Zubkov was injured and could not continue the match. Instead, Marlos appeared on the field.

Towards the middle of the first half, the "

However, closer to the break, the Netherlands national team added again and played enough for another couple of chances.. Fortunately, de Boer wards were let down by the accuracy, and Buschan continued to enchant "

But already in the opening of the second half, the “orange” still managed to score. From the right flank there was a cross into the penalty area of \u200b\u200bBuschan, he played at the exit and hit the ball, but did not do it very well. The sphere flew off to Jorginho Wijnaldum, who sent it into an empty net..

Seven minutes passed and the second ball was in our goal. Vitaly Mykolenko played unsuccessfully in his own penalty area, losing the position to the opponent, which allowed Vaut Weghorst to hit Buschan's goal from several meters.

The Netherlands continued to press, but unexpectedly Shevchenko's charges scored. Andriy Yarmolenko beat Roman Yaremchuk in front of the penalty area and hit the far top corner with a magnificent shot.

Four minutes passed and the score became equal. Ruslan Malinovskiy crossed from a free-kick, and Yaremchuk sent the ball into the corner of the opponents' goal with a header.

But the Ukrainians could not keep the draw. In the 85th minute, Nathan Ake made a pass from the right flank, Alexander Zinchenko lost the position to Denzel Dumfries, who brought victory to his team with a header.

See also: Euro 2020 tables and groups of the final tournament Ukraine and the Netherlands play in group C, where their rivals are also teams from Austria and North Macedonia.

2 strongest teams of each quartet and 4 winners of the best third places will reach the 1/8 finals.

As TSN Prosport previously reported, the Austrian national team snatched victory from North Macedonia in the Euro 2020 match.