Ukraine’s footballers fought for the EURO with Northern Macedonia
Robert Ghement, Reuters
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In the first half, Andrij Jarmolenko and Roman Jaremčuk scored as favorites. After the change of sides, Ezgjan Alioski reduced his own unchanged penalties. In the end, Ruslan Malinovsky of Ukraine also threw a penalty kick. Ukraine won the European Championship for the second time in history and interrupted a series of six defeats. She defeated her Balkan opponent for the third time in a row.
Coach Andrei Shevchenko’s charges will close the group against Austria again in Bucharest, and North Macedonia will also compete with the Netherlands in Amsterdam on Monday.
“I’m happy for the three points we got. I wouldn’t just focus on players who scored or assisted. Take a look at our defense, how she performed well today. Jarmolenko for UEFA.com.
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“We played a match of two different halves. In the second we showed why we are on the Euro. This team of Northern Macedonia has quality and deserves to be here. We are sorry that it did not end with a positive result,” added coach Angelovski.
The Ukrainians started more actively and in the ninth minute they also had the first chance, when Malinovsky’s shot was fired by goalkeeper Dimitrievski. Elmas was a disappointment, however.
Jarmolenko then did not shoot the goalkeeper of North Macedonia up close at first, but then opened the score in the 29th minute. Karavajev extended the ball from the corner kick to the back post, from where the Ukrainian captain did not hesitate.
In just five minutes, Jarmolenko sent Yaremchuk, who was standing in front of the offside, to escape, which he raised in cold blood. Both offensive players also hit the previous duel with the Netherlands. No other duo has scored in the first two matches of the European Championships.
EURO 2021
The European Football Championship, which was originally scheduled to be played a year ago, it starts on June 11 and ends on July 11. EURO is hosted by eleven countries, the Czech national football team is in group D together with England, Croatia and Scotland. The championship finale is played at the legendary Wembley.
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The reduction of the 37-year-old captain Pandev after the change of the Ukrainian goalkeeper Buščan at the end of the first half did not apply due to the offside. “In the first half we gave Ukraine a lot of space and chances. Our presink was bad and we were not aggressive,” said defender Alioski.
Pressure from North Macedonia in the second half
Northern Macedonia threatened shortly after the change of sides, but Ademi’s blow was pulled out by Buščan. His counterpart Dimitrievski again neutralized Malinovsky’s direct kick from a great angle.
The Ukrainian goalkeeper then pulled Trajkovsky’s shot to the crossbar, but Karavayev fouled Pandeva and Northern Macedonia played a penalty. Although Alioski did not beat Buščan, he immediately corrected the hesitation.
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Jarmolenko celebrates Ukraine’s opening goal
Mihai Barbu, Reuters
The Balkan debutant began to dominate. Buščan fired a Trajkovsky shot, and the defense of the Eastern European team, which was very nervous at the time, coped with another action.
The Ukrainians were able to calm down and add insurance in the 84th minute. Referee Rapallini ordered a penalty for Avramovsky’s hand in the penalty area after checking out the video, but Malinovsky only let Dimitrievsky stand out.
However, Northern Macedonia did not develop any major option and, despite improved performance in the second half, came out again empty-handed.
“It was a difficult match against a very good opponent. I want to congratulate everyone and thank our fans for coming here and cheering for us. This win is for them,” said Jarmolenko.
| European Football Championship: |
| Group C (Bucharest): |
| Ukraine – North Macedonia 2: 1 (2: 0) |
| Goals: 29. Yarmolenko, 34. Yaremchuk – 57. Alioski. Referee: Rapallini – Belatti, Bonfa (all Arg.) – Hernández (video, Šp.). ŽK: Shaparenko – Velkovski, Avramovski. Spectators: 10 001 (limited number). |
| Ukraine: Bushchan – O. Karavaev, Zabarnyj, Matvijenko, Mykolenko – Stěpaněnko – Jarmolenko (70th Cygankov), Shaparenko (78th Sydorchuk), Zinchenko, Malinovsky (90th + 2 Sobol) – Yaremchuk (70th Besedin). Coach: Shevchenko. |
| S. Macedonia: Dimitrievski – S. Ristovski, D. Velkovski (85. Tričkovski), Musliu – Nikolov (46. Trajkovski), Ademi (85. Ristevski), Spirovski (46. Čurlinov), Alioski – Bardhi (77. Avramovski) – Panděv, Elmas. Coach: Angelovski. |
| 1. | Austria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3:1 | 3 |
| 2. | The Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3:2 | 3 |
| 3. | Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4:4 | 3 |
| 4. | Northern Macedonia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2:5 | 0 |
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