Ukraine and Slovakia, with opposite realities after the debut, face each other for the second day of Euro 2024, while the Ukrainians were overwhelmed by Romania 3 to 0, the Slovaks surprised Belgium on a night that Lukaku will remember for a long time…
The Euro, which is being experienced in full with a live broadcast on Star+ (only for South America), continues to surprise the most seasoned analysts, because Slovakia, which was not on the specialists’ radar, does not stop attacking and looking for the prominence in their presentations.
And at 17 minutes, after having made goalkeeper Anatoli Trubin roll three times, a deceptive play between David Hancko and Lukas Haraslin when making a lateral, left the latter free with the ball at his feet and threw a precise cross so that The Slavia Prague player, Ivan Schranz, ended the resistance of the Ukrainian goalkeeper and established the 1-0.
After 25, the procedure began to change, and Ukraine became better accommodated in the procedure. And the chances began to arrive in the area guarded by Martin Dubravka.
First it was a providential closure by Peter Pekarík before a very good hook in the area by Artem Dovbyk.
Then, after a spectacular combination between Dovbyk and Andriy Yarmolenko, the ball was left to Oleksandr Tymchyk, who took a cross shot that ended up hitting the base of the Newcastle goalkeeper’s far post.
And finally, once again Dubravka was very quick to stifle a one-on-one with Mykhailo Mudryk, and the Chelsea player’s shot was cleared by the goalkeeper.
Almost in the last half of the first half, Slovakia almost went 2-0, but the Sporting Lisbon goalkeeper blocked Lukas Haraslin’s long-range shot, when he was down at the far post.
The second half started with the same dynamic of stick and stick. And with Mudryk trying on the wing to unbalance the Slovenian defense, with some touches of his talent.
Supported by his franchise player, Ukraine began to balance the actions, seeking to balance the result. And I was going to get it.
And at 10 minutes the Ukrainians equalized via a shot from inside the area by Mykola Shaparenko, after a precise assist from Zinchenko.
After 20 minutes, Ukraine almost won, after a counterattack from the back and an excellent turn by Roman Yaremchuk in the middle of the field that left him almost alone facing the rival goal, although a little far away. In the run he assisted Mudryk, it was not a goal half due to Dubravka’s action and half due to the post.
And the pitcher goes so much to the fountain that… Ukraine came back with a goal from Roman Yaremchuk. After a rise and a frontal pass from Shaparenko (he completed a tremendous game with a goal and an assist), the Valencia forward controlled the rained pass and with the tip of the boot prevented Dubravka from closing.
Now Group E has 3 leaders, Romania, Ukraine and Slovakia with 3 points, while Belgium has not yet added. Tomorrow Belgium and Romania complete the second date of this zone.
