Ukraine completed the fight for the trophy at the European Championship among juniors up to 19 teams, losing in the semi-finals to the same-year-olds from Nimecchina with a score of 1:2.
The first half was marked by territorial advances of the Germans, who created a number of dangerous moments, but the Ukrainian defense and goalkeeper Nazar Domchak acted reliably. By the way, Dmitry Mikhailenko’s team itself lifted the rakhunok on the 43rd khvilina. After Nikita Kalyuzhny's cross, Vitaliy Glut won the fight on the other side and headed the ball into the net, scoring his third goal in the tournament.
However, it was not possible for us to lose momentum before the break. Already at the hour of the first half, Otto Stange, after the pass from Mamuzi Luma, turned around in the penalty area and made an accurate strike at the lower corner of the rakhunok.
After the election was completed, Nimecchini became even more active and regularly threatened the Ukrainians’ gates. Egor Sherstyuk repeatedly led the team, blocking shots from his opponents, and Nazar Domchak made a number of important saves. Ukraine counterattacked, positionally controlled the ground and the ball, but could not get into position for the final strike.
It seemed that the share of the ticket to the final would be in the additional hour, but at the first stage of compensation Nimechchina won the victory. Otto Stange assisted captain Francis Ognetsi, who from close range with a strong kick with his left foot brought his team victory - 2:1.
Thus, the Nimechchini U-19 team reached the final of Euro 2026, and on the 11th it is time to join forces with the Spanish national team. The Ukrainian team withdraws from the tournament at the semi-final stage, having demonstrated a year-long performance and lost just a short time before the final match.
Ukraine U-19 — Germany U-19* 1:2.
Goals: Glyut, 43 - Stange, 45+1, Onyeka, 90+1 Ukraine U-19: Domchak - Kokodinyak, Sherstyuk, Digtyar, Malov - Soroka, Lyusin - Glyut, Sikut (Olichenko, 46), Kalyuzhny (Kamensky, 82) - Bogdanov (Popov,.
Nimecchina U-19: Gelstern - Nink, Schmetgens, Ehrlein, Pinto Pe. — Katovich, Mamuza. - Reimers (Fields, 75), Onjeka (Engels, 90+3), Culbreth - Stange.
Next: Kokodinyak, Lyusin - Reimers, Schmetgens.