How Ukraine recovered from a 2-0 deficit to beat Slovakia following a brilliant Yaremchuk scoring goal.
Goals scored by Mykola Shaparenko, and Roman Yaremchuk secured Ukraine’s first victory at Euro 2024 against Slovakia
By The Athletic Staff
Jun 21, 2024 03:30 PM
Next up: Poland vs Austria
Two more matches are scheduled today at Euro 2024 today.
The first match starts in less than 30 minutes, as Poland and Austria take on Group D prior to when France as well as the Netherlands take on the Netherlands and France.
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Player of the Match: Mykola Sheparenko
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A well-taken equaliser and a fantastic contribution to the winning strike of Roman Yaremchuk is sufficient for Mykola Sheparenko to receive the Player of the Award for the Match.
Without the young man of 25, Ukraine may well have been contemplating a relegation.
If Slovakia managed to hold on for a point, or even gone into winning the game I am certain that Stanislav Lobotka was the winner of the award. He was an outstanding player.
The 2-1 comebacks have become a regular motif for Ukraine
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Ukraine has secured their spot in Euro 2024 on the back of two 2-1 victories in the back.
They battled back from 0-1 to defeat Bosnia at their Euro 2024 play-off semi-final, after which they returned from 0-1 down and beat Iceland to win the championship to reach the final of the tournament.
They were stunned in their opening game of Group E by Romania However, they were able to make another crucial return when their fate in the tournament was at stake.
Yaremchuk is alone for Ukraine
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The goal that won the game is Roman Yaremchuk’s 3rd goal in his third European Championship, which makes the Ukrainian team’s top goalscorer in this tournament.
He also became an only Ukraine athlete to have scored at two different European Championships.
The emotions take over for the match-winner Yaremchuk
In the right side of players seated in front of Ukraine supporters is the match winner, Roman Yaremchuk.
The 28-year old was unable to keep his emotions in check as cameras captured the man wiping tears out of his eyes.
An amazing sight to behold at all times
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A roaring sound in the arena as Ukraine fight to win The players walk towards where the majority of the crowd is at one end, and then do a modified thunderclap unison.
It’s a stunning experience to look at.
It’s getting a little tighter in Group E.
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The victory sees Ukraine will join Slovakia and Romania with three points in Group E.
It’s surprising that Belgium is lagging however they are expected to score three points in their match against Romania next week.
There is a probable possibility that all four teams go into the final round of matches tied with the same number of points.
Great second-half Ukrainian determination
Ukraine was down and could be eliminated from the tournament however, they displayed incredible determination and skill to get back on track. Slovakia may have been a little relaxed too, believing that they were all set to play knock-outs.
The group is well-organized right now and Belgium must beat Romania today or else they’ll be in serious danger.
Ukraine must hold on to the crucial victory!
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Then comes all-time exciting whistles in Dusseldorf!
Ukraine has secured their first win of Euro 2024 — and they did it in a tough way. Goals scored by Shaparenko and Yaremchuk put Ukraine on the winning side of this tournament just when things began to look dark.
Slovakia have been defeated, but are still in contention to qualify to qualify for knockouts, having defeated Belgium in their opening match.
Vavro is a disaster an enormous late chance
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The tournament was full of winnings and late equalisers as well. Vavro might have been able to add a third one to Slovakia there.
The centre-back, however, was able to take a wild shot at it, but was unable to hit the ball as it dropped onto him without marking in the final corner.
Five minutes are added to the time.
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Slovakia has five more minutes to find a way to draw a goal.
It is important to note that there were stoppage time equalisers in the opening matches yesterday as well as on Wednesday.
Strelec is a head over
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The first real chance in a long time to Slovakia saw Vavro take the lead from a corner near the post however there was no interest at the other end of the pitch, where his shot was sent.
It is possible that they weren’t capable of getting a grip to it. It’s it was a unusual tactic was to give a corner to the close post, and then abandon the far post with any threat.
Slovakia’s turn is to make an effort to bring the score level
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It’s not surprising that it’s Slovakia that is in charge of all the fighting. They look desperate, and have struggled to make anything happen since they fell in the back.
A 18-year old Leo Sauer has been introduced in a bid to get something positive out of the Group E clash.
Yellow card to Yaremchuk
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There’s not much this Yaremchuk appearance has to be not able to do now that he’s been given the game’s first yellow card.
In the middle of his team’s defensive 3rd He swung in a side-to-side tackle against Skriniar, but missed it by an enormous distance and sent the Inter centre-back to the ground.
A striker’s tackle, I believe they refer to it as.
Absolutely amazing from Yaremchuk
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What a dream!
Shaparenko in the middle of the action again, with a stunning pass that soared over the defense and right into the path of Yaremchuk who was racing towards the Slovakia penalty area. His first touch was superb nearly Zidane-likeHe then deftly moved the ball over Dubravka as well as over his line. It was a stunning move from a substitute!
Choices to be made decisions for Slovakia and Calzona
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It will be interesting to see what Slovakian head coach Francesco Calzona will treat this last 15 minutes or so. With the draw already in the back pocket, should they wait to draw the number that is likely to guarantee qualificationor will they go for a win that would put them in the top spot to win the group?
If that’s the case then he could turn into an 18-year-old winger Leo Sauer, the national team’s youngest player. I saw the game he played for Feyenoord twice during visiting in the Netherlands in April and I was able to feel like I was dancing.
Credit goes to Skriniar However, poor performance from Yaremchuk
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Yaremchuk was so efficient to turn his man around on the half-way line however, he was unable to push Mudryk too far with the pass, the player had to stretch enough to shoot, he could have ended up hurting himself.
The defence of Skriniar was decent, however this made it as difficult as it could be for the striker to handle the two-on-one.
