The match towards Slovakia was with out tomorrow for Ukraine after the opening defeat to the Romanians and historical past appeared to repeat itself within the first half of the sport on the Dusseldorf Enviornment, for the 2nd matchday of the fifth group.
The Slovaks went 1-0 up towards a gutsy and clueless opponent, however Michael Oliver's last whistle discovered Rembroff's males celebrating an enormous 2-1 victory that places them effectively in competition for qualification to the subsequent spherical part.
The Ukrainians scored their first objectives of the match and picked up the primary factors, whereas the Slovakians had been left with a win over Belgium and first half. The Slovaks dominated the primary 25 minutes and erased their superiority with a aim within the seventeenth minute in a protracted spell.
Initially, Hadsko tried with a direct free kick to beat Trubin, he fell into the suitable nook and saved, however slightly later and within the improvement of the part after Haraslin's cross from the left, Shranz discovered himself unmarked on the second put up and opened the scoring with a header.
The aim wakened the Ukrainians, who after the defeat by Romania within the premiere (0-3) had no room for a second one, since they didn’t need to depart the match early. Thus, within the thirty fourth minute, Timchuk made a sweeping diagonal shot by way of the large space and the ball ended up on the suitable put up of Dubravka, with the Slovakian goalkeeper blocking Mudrik's place within the thirty ninth minute and doing the identical within the forty third minute, in an try of Zinchenko.
A minute later Slovakia hit the counter-attack, Haraslin capturing from the highest of the field and Trubin deflecting into his left-hand nook within the final good spell of the primary half. Quite the opposite, the match developed within the second half. Ukraine pressured the Slovakians who selected to retreat, closed them within the half court docket and never solely equalized but in addition achieved the upset.
Within the 54th minute, Rembroff's gamers circulated the ball properly, Zinchenko transformed it on the peak of the penalty and Saparenko beat Dubravka with a superb left-footed shot. With the “Yellows” utterly dominating the “Dusseldorf Enviornment” the second aim was only a matter of time and was scored within the eightieth minute, when Yaremchuk bought down together with his proper foot from Saparenko's cross and positioned completely for 2-1, which provides a lead qualification to the Ukrainians.
SLOVAKIA (Fradesco Calzona): Dubravka, Pekaric, Vavro, Skriniar, Hadsko (67' Obert), Kuktska, Duda (60' Benes), Lobotka, Sranz (86' Sauer), Haraslin (67' Suslov), Bozenic (60' Strelets).
UKRAINE (Sergei Rembrov): Trubin, Timchuk, Zabarny, Matvienko, Zinchenko, Saparenko, Sudakov, Brazko (Sidtorchuk 85'), Yarmolenko (Zubkov 67'), Mudryk (Malinovski 85'), Dovbyk (Yaremchuk 67').
