Estonian football players suffer a defeat in the EC qualification “play-off” match

In the match against Ukraine in Zenica, Bosnia was leading 1-0 with five minutes to go, but lost 1-2 (0-0).

All three goals were scored by Ukrainians. In the 57th minute, Mykola Matviyenko sent the ball into his own goal, in the 85th minute, Roman Yaremchuk equalized, and three minutes later, Artjoms Dovbyk scored after Yaremchuk’s pass.

The winners will face Iceland, who beat Israel 4-1 (2-1) in Budapest, in the decisive game.

Eran Zahavi put Israel in the lead with an 11-meter shot in the 31st minute.

The Icelanders responded with three goals from Albert Gudmundsson and one from Arnor Traustasson.

Israel remained in the minority in the 73rd minute after Roy Revivo’s red card, but in the 80th minute another penalty kick was missed by Zahavi, hitting the left post.

“Play-off” finals will be held on Tuesday.

The winners of the first two places of the ten groups entered the final tournament, while three more participants of the final tournament will be determined in March 2024 in the “play-off” games of the A, B and C leagues of the Nations League.

The European Championship will be held in ten German cities from June 14 to July 14, 2024.

In addition to Germany, Belgium, France, Portugal, Spain, Scotland, Turkey, Austria, England, Hungary, Slovakia, Albania, Denmark, Romania, Switzerland, Netherlands, Serbia, Czech Republic, Italy, Slovenia and Croatia have already secured a place in the final tournament.

The current European champion is Italy, who in 2021 beat England in the final in London in penalty kicks.