Today in Düsseldorf, the second match of Ukraine's team in the Euro-2024 group stage will take place. The game against Slovakia starts at 16:00 Kyiv time.

90+5 min. Final whistle! Ukraine secured a convincing victory over Slovakia and their first three points in the Euro-2024 group stage!

90+1 min. Taloviyov comes on for Shaparenko as part of Ukraine's team.

88 min. The Ukrainians are confidently defending during Slovakian attacks. We have some hot minutes to look forward to at the end of the game!

85 min. Two more substitutions from Rebrov! Sidorchuk and Malinovs'kyi come on for the final minutes of the match.

84 min. Yaremchuk aggressively fouled Kucka and earned a yellow card.

83 min. Slovakia has become more active after conceding the goal, but Ukraine is confidently maintaining their defensive position.

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80 min. GOAL! UKRAINE! YAREMCHUK! Shaparenko's cross from the flank set up a shot for Roman, who dribbled past Dubrava, who failed to intercept the ball!

77 min. Suslov was fouled in a challenge with Shaparenko. Ukraine then conducted a promising attack that Sudaikov finished with a shot, but the ball ricocheted off a Slovakian player.

74 min. Dangerous moment for Ukraine! Yaremchuk and Mudryk launched a quick counterattack; Roman passed to Mykhailo who was in position to shoot, but the goalkeeper made a save at the near post!

73 min. The Slovakian defenders managed to clear Timchik's cross during another Ukrainian attack.

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70 min. Zubkov was offside after making a run and responding to a long pass from Matviienko on the flank.

68 min. Two substitutions by Slovakia's team: Suslov replaces Haraslin, and Obert - Hancko!

67 min. And now a double substitution from Rebrov! Yaremchuk comes on for Dovbik, and Zubkov replaces Yarmolenko!

65 min. Hancko continues the match. Meanwhile, Rebrov's players are in high spirits as they continue to attack Slovakian possessions.

62 min. Hancko was injured and it seems that the Slovakian defender will not be able to continue this encounter.

60 min. Two substitutions by Kaltzoni! Duda comes off, Benes comes on! Also coming off is Bozenik; Strazec enters the game!

57 min. Kucka aggressively challenged Shaparenko in the center circle. It's painful for the scorer of the goal but the midfielder continues this duel.

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54 min. GOAL! UKRAINE! SHAPARENKO! Ukraine's team attack in a second tempo ended with Zinchenko's cross from the left flank and Shaparenko's precise shot, which rattled the net!

51 min. Dovbik failed to head well after Mudryk's cross from the flank! The Slovaks clear the ball out of play.

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50 min. The second half starts with Slovakia playing the first number from the start of the match.

48 min. Slovakia's Haraslin dribbled past Timchik on the flank and delivered a cross into the penalty area, where Trubin calmly collected the ball to his hands.

46 min. Foul in attack by Dovbik against a defender of Slovakia's team.

45+1 min. The first half ends with the score 0-0.

45 min. Yarmolenko was offside during a long pass from Matviienko.

43 min. A failed short play by Slovakia in attack led to an offside for Shranz.

42 min. Yarmolenko fouled Haraslin on the flank, showing that Ukraine is fighting for every ball today.

41 min. A slow start to the game. Slovakia conducted their first attack and now Ukraine are starting from their own goal.

2 min. The match begins! Slovakia's team kicks off from the center of the field.

A minute of silence to honor the memory of UEFA official Gerhard Aigner.

Players greet each other and shake hands, while the captains of both teams hurry to meet with referee Michael Oliver!

National anthems of Ukraine and Slovakia are being played!

The starting lineups of Slovakia and Ukraine come out from under the stands onto the field, greeted by cheers from fans!

The match between Slovakia and Ukraine at the "Düsseldorf-Arena" is about to begin!

Almost 43 thousand spectators are waiting for the teams' appearance on the football field at the "Düsseldorf Arena"!

In the updated ranking, today's opponent of ours, Slovakia's team, is ranked 45th. Ukraine's national team - 24th.

Pre-match warm-up is in full swing! We remind you that Ukraine will come out to play against the Slovaks in yellow kit and their opponents will be wearing blue colors!

Hello, dear fans! Today, Ukraine's team will play its second match within the Euro-2024 group stage. The opponent of the blue-and-yellow team is Slovakia's team!

Three wins, three draws and two losses - that's the record of Ukraine's national team in direct confrontations with Slovakia's team. It's fair to say how important today's match is for Ukraine if they want to qualify from the group stage!

Francesco Kaltzoni fields an identical lineup against Ukraine that won their first Euro-2024 game against Belgium. In Ukraine's team, however, there are changes after the defeat by Romania: Anatoliy Trubin, Oleksandr Timchik, Andriy Yarmolenko and Volodymyr Brazyk will start from the first minute!

Starting lineup of Slovakia's team: 1. Martin Dubrava, 2. Peter Pekarik, 3. Denis Vavro, 14. Milan Skriniar (c), 16. David Hancko, 19. Juraj Kucka, 22. Stanislav Lobotka, 8. Ondrej Duda, 26. Ivan Shranz, 9. Robert Bozenik, 17. Juraj Haraslin

Substitutes: 12. Marek Rodak, 23. Henry Rivas, 6. Norbert Dijomber, 15. Vernon De Marco, 25. Sebastian Kossa, 4. Adam Obert, 5. Tomas Rigos, 7. Tomas Suslov, 11. Laszlo Benes, 13. Patrik Groshevskyi, 21. Matous Berko, 10. Lubomir Tupka, 18. David Strazec, 20. David Durish, 24. Leo Sauers

Starting lineup of Ukraine's team: 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 22. Mykola Matviienko, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 24. Oleksandr Timchik, 18. Volodymyr Brazyk, 19. Mykola Shaparenko, 14. Georgiy Sudaikov, 10. Mykhailo Mudryk, 7. Andriy Yarmolenko (c), 11. Artem Dovbik.

Substitutes: 1. Georgiy Bushchan, 2. Ihor Konoplia, 3. Oleksandr Svatos, 4. Maxim Taloviyov, 5. Serhiy Sidorchuk, 6. Taras Stepanenko, 8. Ruslan Malinovs'kyi, 9. Roman Yaremchuk, 15. Viktor Tsiganok, 16. Vitalii Mykolenko, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 21. Valeriy Bondar, 23. Andriy Lunin, 25. Vladyslav Vanat, 26. Bohdan Mikhailichenko.

Ukraine's team lineup for the Slovakia match (by numbers)

1. Georgiy Bushchan, 2. Ihor Konoplia, 3. Oleksandr Svatos, 4. Maxim Taloviyov, 5. Serhiy Sidorchuk, 6. Taras Stepanenko, 7. Andriy Yarmolenko, 8. Ruslan Malinovs'kyi, 9. Roman Yaremchuk, 10. Mykhailo Mudryk, 11. Artem Dovbik, 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 14. Georgiy Sudaikov, 15. Viktor Tsiganok, 16. Vitalii Mykolenko, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 18. Volodymyr Brazyk, 19. Mykola Shaparenko, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 21. Valeriy Bondar, 22. Mykola Matviienko, 23. Andriy Lunin, 24. Oleksandr Timchik, 25. Vladyslav Vanat, 26. Bohdan Mikhailichenko.