In yesterday's semifinal for fifth-eighth place, the team coached by Mykola Kostenko and Oleksandr Korniychuk lost to Azerbaijan in extra time (6:7) and now face Poland for seventh position.
The first two periods of the match passed without any goals. In the third, however, Ukrainians managed to score only after conceding two goals. However, after Ivan Glutsyuk's goal, Maxim Voytok scored twice more, and the Ukrainian team secured a narrow victory—3:2.
Thus, our team secured seventh place at the III European Games.
III European Games. Beach Soccer Tournament. Men
Match for 7th Place
Poland — Ukraine — 2:3
Goals: Kiklajsh (26), Zuber (29) — Glutsyuk (29), Voytok (35, 36).
Poland: Marczyk, Karolak, Petrasia, Bistula, Gas, Witkowski, Kiklajsh, Baran, Klopec, Zuber, Ysionovskiy, Brohoczki.
Ukraine: Nerush, Poslavskyi, Glutsyuk, Medvid, Voytok, Shcheritsya, Korniychuk, Pashko, Zborovskyi, A. Borosuk, Zavorotnyi, Voytenko.
Warnings: Baran (12) — A. Borosuk (1).
Semifinals matches
30.06. Poland — Moldova — 6:8
30.06. Azerbaijan — Ukraine — 7:6, in extra time
Semifinals
30.06. Portugal — Switzerland — 4:4 (3:4, on penalties)
30.06. Spain — Italy — 5:6
Match for fifth place
01.07. Azerbaijan — Moldova — 4:2
Match for third place
01.07. Spain — Portugal —5:5 (0:2, on penalties)
Final
01.07. Italy — Switzerland — 2:5