Euro 2024 Qualifiers. Ukraine — England — 1:1 (text commentary)

Today in the Polish city of Wrocław, Ukraine's national team will continue their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign with a match against England (kickoff at 7:00 PM Kyiv time).

Euro 2024 Qualifiers. Ukraine — England — 1:1 (text commentary)

Photo by Pavel Kubanov

Today in Polish Wrocław, the Ukraine national team will continue their Euro 2024 qualification campaign with a match against England (kick-off at 7 PM Kyiv time). As a reminder, blue and yellow are playing in Group C alongside teams from England, Italy, North Macedonia, and Malta. The top two teams will receive direct tickets to the tournament in Germany. However, there will still be an opportunity for participants to qualify through the League of Nations playoffs.

90+4 min. Final whistle! Ukraine gave England a run for their money and earned a precious qualifying point in Euro 2024 qualification!

90+2 min. An English cross into the penalty area ended with a clearance by Mykolenko.

90+1 min. The referee added 4 minutes of stoppage time to the match.

90 min. Mudryk leaves the field, entering the Ukrainian national team debutant Nazarina!

89 min. Krivцов stops Foden's run during another English attack.

87 min. Gallagher comes on for Saka in England for the final minutes of the match!

85 min. Dangerous moment for England! Rashford delivered a corner kick, and Bushchan cleared with his hands, outplaying all British opponents. At the end of the episode, Maguire fouled the goalkeeper and received a yellow card!

84 min. Konoplya fouls Rashford on the flank in defense. Penalty for England.

83 min. All other players are on the field, and the match is ongoing.

82 min. The Ukrainian team continues to play with 10 men due to a substitution.

79 min. The referee shows a yellow card to Saka for a foul on Mudryk.

The players greet each other and participate in the traditional pre-match photos! Taras Stepanenko and Harry Kane are shaking hands with the referee team!

Chills run down your spine as the packed stadium sings our Slavutych anthem! UNBELIEVABLE HOME ATMOSPHERE!

The stadium greets today's football show participants with loud applause and cheers! And we are listening to national anthems of both countries!

Teams that will play the match come out from under-the-stand facilities onto the Wrocław stadium pitch! The Ukrainian national team is traditionally surrounded by Ukrainian flags in full strength!

The warm-up of teams participating in today's match has ended, and they are heading to dressing rooms to start the most anticipated football showdown in 15 minutes!

Today's audience at Taras Chornovil Arena in Wrocław will be greeted by well-known Ukrainian TV presenter Olha Loboda, while the national anthem is sung by author of the immortal hit "Ukraine!" Taras Petrynenko.

The last time England played on Polish soil in a World Cup qualifier was two years ago. That match ended in a 1-1 draw. On Kane's goal in the second half, Poland responded with an equalizer in the second minute of stoppage time! Perhaps today's game will have a similar outcome?

Yurym Konoplya is starting - somewhat unexpected decision by the coach of the Ukrainian team. This is only his 6th match for the main team and 4th in the starting lineup. All other players are the strongest options for Serhiy Rebrov at this moment.

The Ukrainians have already met England at the start of Euro 2024 qualification, suffering a defeat on Wembley with a score of 0-2. And it is precisely England who are the leaders in Group C and favorites for today's match, having lost only once in their last 22 qualifying matches. But Rebrov's team aims for revenge, and they will be aided by the Wrocław stadium, painted in blue and yellow!

Good evening, dear fans! Today, the national football team of Ukraine is set to play its first of two September matches in Euro 2024 qualification. A home match against England awaits the blue and yellows!

Starting lineup for the Ukrainian national team: 1. Georgiy Bushchan, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 22. Mykola Matviyenko, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 2. Yurym Konoplya, 6. Taras Stepanenko (c), 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 8. Georgiy Sudakov, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 10. Mykhailo Mudryk, 9. Roman Yaremchuk.

Substitutes: 3. Bohdan Mikhaylichenko, 4. Serhiy Krivtsov, 5. Serhiy Sidorchuk, 7. Andriy Yarmolenko, 11. Artem Dovbyk, 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 14. Vitaliy Buyalskiy, 18. Vladyslav Vanat, 19. Denis Popov, 20. Oleksandr Nazarina, 21. Oleksandr Karavaev, 23. Andriy Lunin.

Starting lineup for the English national team: 1. Jordan Pickford, 2. Kyle Walker, 3. Ben Chilwell, 4. Declan Rice, 5. Marc Guéhi, 6. Harry Maguire, 7. Bukayo Saka, 8. Jordan Henderson, 9. Harry Kane (c), 10. Jude Bellingham, 11. James Maddison

Substitutes: 12. Kieran Trippier, 13. Sam Johnstone, 14. Levi Colwill, 15. Fikayo Tomori, 16. Kalvin Phillips, 17. Lewis Dunk, 18. Eberechi Eze, 19. Marcus Rashford, 20. Phil Foden, 21. Conor Gallagher, 22. Aaron Ramsdale, 23. Callum Wilson

Ukraine's squad for the match against England

1. Georgiy Bushchan, 2. Yurym Konoplya, 3. Bohdan Mikhaylichenko, 4. Serhiy Krivtsov, 5. Serhiy Sidorchuk, 6. Taras Stepanenko, 7. Andriy Yarmolenko, 8. Georgiy Sudakov, 9. Roman Yaremchuk, 10. Mykhailo Mudryk, 11. Artem Dovbyk, 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 14. Vitaliy Buyalskiy, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 18. Vladyslav Vanat, 19. Denis Popov, 20. Oleksandr Nazarina, 21. Oleksandr Karavaev, 22. Mykola Matviyenko, 23. Andriy Lunin.

Of the players currently in camp with Ukraine's national team, Oleksandr Tymchyk, Oleksandr Zubkov, and Oleksandr Pykhalyonok did not make the squad.