EURO-2025 (U-21): Ukraine outplayed Azerbaijan in Baku encounter
Today, on March 26th, in Baku, the Ukraine U-21 team played their next match in the Euro-2025 (U-21) qualification tournament against the Azerbaijani team.
Just four days ago, the blue-yellow squad played a friendly match against the Morocco U-23 team (1-0) in Antalya, Turkey. Now, our youth team arrived in Baku for an official game, entering the pitch as the group leader with five wins in five matches.
The blue-yellow team immediately seized the initiative, with Smolyakov and Krasnopir testing the goalkeeper, and Rubchynskyi shooting wide of the goal. The hosts responded with a shot from Jafarov. In the 25th minute, our team took the lead as Yatsyk finished a pass from Krupskyi after a corner kick.
Azerbaijan could have equalized when Akhundzade broke through the defense and faced Neshcheret, but Ruslan won the duel. Later, Batagov had a chance but his shot was weak. Just before halftime, Ocheretko doubled the lead for the guests, finishing a brilliant combination after a pass from Bragaru.
The game's course remained unchanged in the second half. In the 56th minute, after a cross from Ocheretko, Rubchynskyi scored the third goal for the blue-yellow team. Our team continued to create chances but settled for a final score of 3:0. It's the sixth consecutive victory for Unai Melgosa's team in the qualifiers!
Euro-2025 (U-21). Qualification tournament. Group F
Azerbaijan (U-21) - Ukraine (U-21) - 0:3 (0:2)
Goals: Yatsyk (25), Ocheretko (40), Rubchynskyi (56).
Azerbaijan (U-21): Ramazanov, Safarov, Mammadov, Guseynov (c), Damadayev, Akhmadov (Abbasov, 79), Veliev (Nasirli, 79), Safarov (Rzayev, 60), Abdurakhmanov (Gassanzade, 73), Jafarov (H. Aliev, 60), Akhundzade.
Substitutes: Samigullin, Suleymanli, Salanskiy, Ramazanov.
Coach: Samir Aliev.
Ukraine (U-21): Neshcheret, Krupskyi, Salyuk, Batagov (c), Smolyakov, Yatsyk, Rubchynskyi (Pavlyuk, 86), Ocheretko (Varfolomieiev, 74), Bragaru (Khlan, 57), Krasnopir (Horbach, 74), Voloshyn (Kvasnytsia, 86).
Substitutes: Kinareykin, Vivcharenko, Roman, Krushynskyi.
Coach: Unai Melgosa.
Referee: Dario Bel (Croatia).
Yellow cards: Safarov (42), Mammadov (64).
March 26th. Baku. Azersun Arena.
EURO 2025 (U-21) Qualifiers. Group F
September 7, 2023
Northern Ireland 0:1 Luxembourg
September 11, 2023
Luxembourg 0:3 England
September 12, 2023
Ukraine 1:0 Northern Ireland
Serbia 2:0 Azerbaijan
October 12, 2023
Azerbaijan 0:1 Northern Ireland
Luxembourg 0:3 Ukraine
England 9:1 Serbia
October 16, 2023
Ukraine 3:2 England
Northern Ireland 1:2 Serbia
October 17, 2023
Azerbaijan 3:2 Luxembourg
November 17, 2023
Ukraine 4:0 Luxembourg
November 18, 2023
Serbia 0:3 England
November 21, 2023
Ukraine 1:0 Azerbaijan
Serbia 2:0 Luxembourg
England 3:0 Northern Ireland
March 23, 2024
Azerbaijan 1:5 England
Luxembourg 1:1 Serbia
March 26, 2024
Azerbaijan 0:3 Ukraine
Serbia 1:2 Northern Ireland
England 7:0 Luxembourg
Standings
|
|
Team |
M |
W |
D |
L |
GD |
P |
|
1 |
Ukraine |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
15—2 |
18 |
|
2 |
England |
7 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
32—5 |
18 |
|
3 |
Serbia |
7 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
9—16 |
10 |
|
4 |
Northern Ireland |
6 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
4—8 |
6 |
|
5 |
Luxembourg |
8 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
4—23 |
4 |
|
6 |
Azerbaijan |
6 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
4—14 |
3 |
September 6, 2024
Luxembourg vs. Azerbaijan
Northern Ireland vs. England
Ukraine vs. Serbia
September 10, 2024
Northern Ireland vs. Ukraine
Azerbaijan vs. Serbia
October 11, 2024
England vs. Ukraine
October 12, 2024
Northern Ireland vs. Azerbaijan
October 15, 2024
Luxembourg vs. Northern Ireland
England vs. Azerbaijan
Serbia vs. Ukraine
Play-offs: November 11-19, 2024.
In the final stage of Euro 2025 (U-21), 16 teams will compete: Slovakia and 15 other national teams that will join based on the qualification results (nine group winners, three best teams among the second-place finishers, and three play-off winners among the six second-place finishers).
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