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Euro 2024 Qualifiers. Italy — Ukraine — 2:1 (text commentary)
Today in Milan, the Ukraine national team will continue their fight against Italy's team in the Euro 2024 qualification (match start — 9:45 PM Kyiv time).
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Today in Milan, the Ukraine national team will continue their Euro-2024 qualification campaign with a match against Italy (kick-off at 9:45 PM Kyiv time). As a reminder, the blue and yellow team is playing in Group C alongside England, Italy, North Macedonia, and Malta. The top two teams will earn 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+3 min. Final whistle from the referee! Ukraine conceded a tough defeat against the powerful Italian team in this intense away match - 1:2!
90+1 min. It was very dangerous near our goal! Mikhnenko perfectly cleared an Italian attacker's shot inside the penalty area, and N'Golo missed from a tight angle!
90 min. The referee added 3 minutes of stoppage time to the second half!
88 min. Sidorchuk clears up after an Italian attack in our penalty area.
85 min. Dangerous moment for Ukraine! Konoplyanik failed to score with his head from a cross by Mudryk!
84 min. Barrella leaves the field, and Cristante comes on for Italy. In Ukraine, Sidorchuk replaces Stepanenko.
83 min. Mudryk executes this free-kick strongly but without success.
82 min. Buiyal'skiy won a penalty after being fouled with an elbow near the penalty spot!
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80 min. Italy is holding onto the ball, and Ukraine are mostly defending in these moments.
79 min. The referee issues another yellow card: this time for Zabarnyi for a foul on Retegi.
78 min. Konoplyanik was just short of reaching the diagonal pass from Sudakov!
76 min. Yellow card to Stepanenko for fouling an Italian attacker.
75 min. Two substitutions by Serhiy Rebrov! Vanat comes on for Tsygankov, and Buiyal'skiy replaces Zinchenko.
73 min. Offside from Di Lorenzo after the Italian penalty kick.
72 min. Orsolini comes on for Dzianio and Retegi replaces Raspadori in Italy's lineup.
71 min. Mudryk rushed to help his teammates defend and laid Di Lorenzo out cold! This is a goal by Frattesi!
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26 min. Raspadori shot high over the goal after a header from Dianio! Our defense failed again, giving Italy free rein on key possessions in attack.
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12 min. Goal. Italy scores. Frattesi blasted the ball past Bushchan after a poor mistake from Sudakov, who slipped and gifted the ball to the opponents...
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10 min. Dangerous moment for Italy! Ukraine's defenders failed to clear in their own possession, and Raspadori lacked precision at the end of an Italian attack!
9 min. Italy took a corner kick, and Di Marco failed to execute his cross accurately towards the far post. The ball was cleared out for Ukraine.
8 min. Bastoni blocked a low pass from Konoplyanik inside Italy's penalty area! Yuhym was found by Yarmolenko on the flank earlier!
6 min. Bushchan came off his line to punch away an aerial threat into Italy's attacking zone after a dangerous high ball!
5 min. Italy is trying to press Ukraine high up the pitch. The hosts are forcing more mistakes from the visitors due to this pressure.
3 min. Dangerous moment for Italy! Di Lorenzo unleashed a thunderous shot from outside the penalty box, finding himself first on the loose ball - just over the bar!
2 min. In contrast to the match against England, Ukraine are making their first attempts to transition into dangerous territory of formidable opponents right from the start!
1 min. The match begins! Ukraine starts this game with a kickoff from the center circle!
A minute's silence for the victims of the devastating earthquake that struck Morocco.
The players greet and pose for pictures in front of a banner reading "Peace - Peace." Every Ukrainian still yearns for peace to reign in their homeland as soon as possible!
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The Italians are known for their wild rendition of the national anthem, and indeed, the Milan arena sang it very atmospherically!
Applause rings out from the stands during the performance of Ukraine's Glory.
National anthems of both teams are being played now!
The participants of this football showdown have already appeared on the pitch at San Siro! The blue and yellow team is once again wrapped in national flags!
Italy has never lost to Ukraine, winning four matches and drawing two out of six football encounters between these teams. And yet, their last game ended in a goal-scoring draw - 1-1.
The Ukrainian national team's lineup did not include defender Nicolai Matviyenko, who was unable to play the match against England due to injury. However, captain Andriy Yarmolenko has returned to the starting lineup, and also playing from the first minute is Artem Dovbyk.
Both Ukraine and Italy drew their previous qualifying matches. While Ukraine managed to secure a precious point against England (1-1), Italy unexpectedly failed to beat North Macedonia (1-1).
Good evening, dear fans! Today the national team of Ukraine will play its second September match in Euro 2024 qualification. The blue and yellow are set for an away encounter with Italy!
Starting lineup for Italy: 1. Gianluigi Donnarumma (c), 23. Alessandro Bastoni, 3. Federico Dimarco, 15. Giorgio Scalvini, 2. Giovanni Di Lorenzo, 5. Manuel Locatelli, 18. Nicolò Barella, 8. Davide Frattesi, 20. Mattia Dazzanini, 10. Jacopo Raspadori, 21. Nicolò Dianio
Substitutes: 12. Giullermo Vicario, 22. Alex Meret, 4. Cristian Biraghi, 6. Alessio Romagnoli, 7. Riccardo Orsolini, 9. Matteo Retegi, 11. Wilfried N'Golo, 13. Matteo Darmian, 14. Matteo Pessina, 16. Bryan Cristante, 17. Ciro Immobile, 19. Nicola Kazale
Starting lineup for Ukraine: 1. Georgiy Bushchan, 16. Vitaliy Mikhnenko, 4. Serhiy Kryvtsiv, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 2. Yuhym Konoplyanik, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 6. Taras Stepanenko, 7. Andriy Yarmolenko (c), 8. Georgiy Sudakov, 11. Artem Dovbyk.
Substitutes: 3. Bohdan Mykhailichenko, 5. Serhiy Sidorchuk, 9. Roman Yaremchuk, 10. Mykhaylo Mudryk, 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 14. Vitaliy Buiyal'skiy, 18. Vladyslav Vanat, 19. Danylo Popov, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 21. Oleksandr Karavaev, 22. Yegor Nazarina, 23. Andriy Lunin.
