On Sunday, March 26, in London at Wembley Stadium, as part of the second round of qualifying for Euro 2024, the Ukrainian team played a match against England.
The teams played the first half at a calm pace.. The English, as expected, took control of the ball, but with pressure they practically did not create chances. The Ukrainians rarely reached Pickford's penalty area, and the main threat from the hosts came from crosses on Kane, one of which ended in a goal - Saka filed from the flank of Mikolenko, and Kane got ahead of the defenders and broke through Trubin.
Ukrainian football players did not have time to move away from the first conceded goal, as they literally immediately missed the second one - Saka hit the top nine of Ukraine with a masterpiece blow.
In the second half, the British played calmly by the score and felt absolutely comfortable on the lawn of the legendary stadium. As for the Ukrainian national team, Rotan's wards failed to deliver a single shot on target in 90 minutes.. , with no chance of losing with a score of 0:2.
England - Ukraine - 2:0.
Goals: Kane, 37, Saka, 40.
England: Pickford, Walker, Stones, Maguire, Chilwell, Rice, Henderson, Saka, Maddison (Grealish 85), Bellingham (Gallagher 86), Kane (Tawney 81).
Ukraine: Trubin, Karavaev (Buyalsky, 61), Svatok, Matvienko, Mykolenko (Sobol, 62), Stepanenko (Konoplyanka, 90), Zinchenko, Sudakov, Malinovsky, Mudryk (Tsygankov, 61), Yaremchuk (Dovbik, 74).
Warnings: Malinovsky.
This fight was the first for Ukraine in the selection for Euro 2024 and the first official under the leadership of Ruslan Rotan.
Note that Ukraine and England are in Group C along with Italy, Malta and North Macedonia..
The top two teams from each group will advance to the finals of Euro 2024. Three more places will be up for grabs in the Nations League play-offs.
The Ukrainian national team will play the next qualifying match on June 16 on the road against the team of North Macedonia.
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Earlier it was reported that a flash mob would be held at the England-Ukraine match to draw attention to the transfer of military aircraft.