The Ukrainian national team defeated the Bosnia and Herzegovina team (2: 0) in the final round of qualification for the 2022 World Cup and took second place in their qualifying group. As a result, the “blue-yellows” will play in the play-offs for the right to go to the World Cup in Qatar..

From the first minutes, the Ukrainians seized the initiative and began to fire at the hosts' goal, but it took a long time to score a goal.. After the strikes of Malinovsky, Zinchenko and Yarmolenko, the ball flew near the post, and Yaremchuk did not beat the Bosnian goalkeeper Vasil from the corner of the goalkeeper.

The teams ended the first half of the meeting without goals. But in the second half, the Ukrainian team achieved its goal. At the 58th minute, Tsygankov shot to the near post to Yarmolenko, he failed to break through, but Zinchenko shot the empty net from a rebound.

Further, the Ukrainian footballers did not try the nerves of the fans and in the 79th minute they made the score comfortable for themselves. Artem Dovbik, four minutes after his replacement, fled to a date with the goalkeeper and sent the ball into the near corner with a low kick - 0: 2.

In a parallel match, France, which previously secured the first place in the group and a direct ticket to the 2022 World Cup, beat Finland on the road (2: 0). It was this result that helped the Ukrainian team (12 points) move Suomi (11 points) from the second line in Group D.

According to the regulations, the group winners went directly to the final stage of the 2022 World Cup. Runner-up teams and the top two teams in the 2020/21 UEFA Nations League that did not make it to the world championship will compete in the two-round playoffs in their last three World Championship tickets.

The play-offs will be played on 24 and 29 March 2022. The play-off draw will take place on 26 November in Zurich.