Euro 2024 Qualifiers. Malta — Ukraine — 1:3 (text commentary)

Today in Ta'Qali, the Ukraine national team will continue their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign with a match against Malta (kick-off at 9:45 PM Kyiv time).

Euro 2024 Qualifiers. Malta — Ukraine — 1:3 (text commentary)

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Today in Ta'Qali, Ukraine's national team will continue their Euro 2024 qualification campaign against Malta (kickoff 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 two best teams will receive direct tickets to Germany for the tournament. However, there will still be an opportunity for participants to qualify through the League of Nations playoffs.

90+4 min. Final whistle from the referee! Ukraine defeats Malta 3-1 and secures second place in Group C, considering Italy's loss to England!

90+3 min. Zubkov and Pisané receive yellow cards from the referee.

90+2 min. Firmly keeping possession, Rebrov's charges confidently bring this match to victory!

90 min. The referee added 4 minutes of stoppage time in the second half!

89 min. A long-distance shot from Malta: Kristensen attempted a shot from outside the penalty area, but the ball flew over the crossbar.

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87 min. Pikhalonok comes on for Zinchenko in Ukraine's team!

85 min. GOAL! UKRAINE! MUHDIRIK! All done by Mykhailo himself: picked up the ball on the flank, sped into the center and powerfully shot into the far corner of Bonello's goal! This is Muhdirik's first goal for the national team!

82 min. Mudrik wins a penalty after he won an aerial duel in defense and was fouled by Attard.

80 min. Zubkov delivered a cross to the far post, but Dovbik lacked height to reach the ball!

79 min. Attard comes on for Joseph Mbong in Malta's team!

77 min. Paul Mbong needs medical attention and cannot continue the match. The medics are already on the field.

76 min. Zubkov comes on for Karavaev in Ukraine's team!

75 min. A dangerous moment for Malta! Mbong tried to curl the ball into the top corner during a counterattack, but it still flew over the crossbar.

74 min. Sidorchuk found Karavaev with an excellent pass from deep in midfield, but Oleksandr sent his shot to the goalkeeper's area where only Bonello was present.

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72 min. Trubin easily intercepted a soft pass from Kamenzuli on the left flank. The ball is now in Ukraine's possession.

70 min. A dangerous moment for Ukraine! Mudrik won the ball in attack and found an opportunity to shoot immediately - the goalkeeper made a save!

69 min. Satariano and Kristensen come on as substitutes for Malta's team.

67 min. A double substitution in Ukraine! Nazarina and Konoplia replace Sudakov and Vanat.

Ukraine's squad for the match against Malta

1. Georgiy Bushchan, 2. Yurym Konoplia, 3. Bohdan Mykhailichenko, 4. Oleksandr Svatok, 5. Serhiy Sidorchuk, 6. Ihor Nazarina, 7. Hryhorii Sudakov, 8. Oleksandr Pikhalonok, 9. Roman Yaremchuk, 10. Mykhailo Mudrik, 11. Artem Dovbik, 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 14. Vitaliy Buyalskyi, 15. Nazariy Rusyn, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 18. Vladyslav Vanat, 19. Danylo Popov, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 21. Oleksandr Karavaev, 22. Mikhaylo Matviyenko, 23. Dmitro Riznyk.

Among the players currently in camp with Ukraine's national team, Taras Stepanenko did not make the squad.