Euro 2020 – Ukraine loses to Netherlands in group stage — UNIAN

Ukraine has started its Euro 2020 campaign/Reuters

Ukraine has begun its Euro 2020 campaign against the Netherlands on June 13, 2021 at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam.

The first half was dominated by the home team. Andriy Shevchenko’s team played in the second position, waiting for the counterattack. In the 12th minute, the Ukrainian coaching staff was forced to make a substitution. Oleksandr Zubkov was injured and Marlos came on as a substitute.

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Ukrainian goalkeeper George Bushkan was the hero of the first half, making three saves to help his teammates avoid trouble.

The yellow and blue team responded with a dangerous shot from outside the penalty area by Andrei Yarmolenko.

Ukraine got off to a bad start in the second period. The Netherlands scored two goals between the 52nd and 58th minutes. The hosts’ captain, Georginio Wijnaldum (who had recently changed his club registration), opened the scoring. Wout Weghorst then tapped the ball into the net. The second goal was checked by VAR and looked like a foul, but the referee ruled it legal.

In the 74th minute, Ukraine had a chance. Andrei Yarmolenko played a one-two with Roman Yaremchuk, moved to the middle and, in his entrepreneurial style, sent the ball into the goal with his left foot. This was Yarmolenko’s 41st goal as a member of the national team.

In the 79th minute, Malinovskyi took a perfect free kick and Yaremchuk scored with a header, making the score 2-2.

However, in the 85th minute, Dutch defender Dumfries headed the ball into the goal after competing with Oleksandr Zinchenko. Scored the winning goal With his head.

Netherlands vs Ukraine: 3-2

• Target: Wijnaldum, 52 minutes; Weghorst, 58 minutes; Dumfries, 85 minutes; Yarmolenko, 75 minutes; Yaremchuk, 79 minutes
• Netherlands squad: 1 Stekelenburg, 25 Thimble, 6 De Vrij, 17 Blind, 22 Dumfries, 15 De Roon, 8 Wijnaldum, 21 De Jong, 12 Van Aanholt, 19 Weghorst, 10 Depay;
• Substitutes: 2 Veltman (88′), 4 Ake (64′), 5 Wijndal (64′), 7 Berghuis, 9 De Jong (88′), 13 Krul, 14 Klaassen, 16 Gravenberch, 18 Malen (90′), 23 Bizot, 24 Kupmeiner, 26 Gakpo.
• Ukraine squad: 1 Bushchan, 21 Karavayev, 13 Zabarnyi, 22 Matviyenko, 16 Mykolenko, 8 Malinovsky, 5 Sydorchuk, 17 Zinchenko, 7 Yarmolenko, 9 Yaremchuk, 20 Zubkov.
• Substitutes: 2 Sobol, 4 Krevtsov, 6 Stepanenko, 10 Shaparenko (64′), 11 Maros (13′), 12 Pyatov, 14 Makarenko, 19 Besedin, 23 Trubin, 24 Timczyk, 25 Popov, 26 Dovbic.
• Sidorchuk was given a yellow card for pushing Weghorst to the ground.

Netherlands – Ukraine: Facts and figures

• Ukraine’s national team suffered six consecutive defeats at the European Championship, just like the Yugoslav national team did between 1968 and 1984, but Ukraine broke a record of five consecutive games without scoring.
• Andriy Yarmolenko and Roman Yaremchuk became the second and third Ukrainian players to score in a European Championship match after Andriy Shevchenko.
• The Ukrainian national team finally scored a goal after 72 shots in the European Cup.
• This was the first game in the history of the European Championship where the score was 0-0 in the first half but five goals were scored in the second half.

Euro 2020: Group C

• The national teams of Austria and North Macedonia have already faced each other in another match in this group.
• After the first round of matches, Ukraine ranked third in the group.
• Group C matches are hosted by Bucharest and Amsterdam.