2-1: Mudryk launches Ukraine into Euro Cup

In the final stage, after raising a goal against, Mikhalo Mudryk He did not hesitate, he launched an unexpected right hand, crossed, in front of several feet that blocked the goal, but very tight, very gentle, very clear it ended 2-1 and the qualification of Ukraine for the Euro 2024.

The player Chelsea paid 100 million euros for, the emerging Ukrainian star, a scorer for only the second time as an international on Tuesday, solved a mess that started 0-1 Atli Gudmunssonwhich he changed to 1-1 Tsygankov at the beginning of the second half and that he was on the edge until almost the end, up to 2-1 and more. He spent the last few seconds locked in his place.

Iceland hit first. In an unexpected way. One of his two shots in an hour of play was a goal. In the 30th minute. out of nowhere Atli Gudmunsson He scraped to the edge of the area, dodged two rivals and unleashed a left-footed shot that caught him by surprise. Andriy Lunin for 0-1 en the scoreboard at the Tarczynski Arena in the Polish city of Wrocław. An example of sticking.

Ukraine is gone. Insistent, with a goal disallowed at the request of VAR that reopened the discussion on positional offsides, he went to halftime with the concern of 0-1 against an absolutely decisive duel, without a middle, where Mudryk, Tsygankov, Yaremchuk and the company needs more to believe in the Euro Cup.

He contributed to it Tsygankov, Girona player, at the start of the second half, when he showed all the determination in the world to control, drive, focus and finish with his left foot out of reach Vladimirssonhas always been one of Iceland’s best on the pitch, in front of the offensive suffered by the Nordic team, which has grown over time.

Artem Dovbyk He entered the field to add to it in the 70th minute. He lamented the Mykolenko’s shot misses for 2-1, when he was waiting for the decisive pass. But he also felt relieved Luna He flew over to fire Iceland’s 1-2 from outside the area. His stop was very important to keep the Ukrainian team. He never touched it Gudmunsson It reached 1-2.

Ukraine was suddenly shaken, but recovered. And he won before extra time. Mudryk, the Chelsea footballer, dictates it So in the 84th minute, with a right-footed shot crossed from the edge of the area to qualify his team for a fourth consecutive European Championship. In Germany 2024 it was placed in group E, along with Belgium, Slovakia and Romania.

Data sheet:

2 – Ukraine: Lunin; Konoplia, Zabarnyi, Matviyenko, Mykolenko; Malinovskyi (Zinchenko, d. 64), Brazhko; Tsygankov (Talovierov, d. 88), Sudakov, Mudryk; Yaremchuk (Dobvyk, d. 72).

1 – Iceland: Vladimarsson; Palsson, Ingason, Gretarsson, Thorarinsson (Finsson, d. 64); J. Gudmunsson, Haraldsson (Anderson, d. 87), Traustason, Thorsteinsson (Ellertsson, d. 87); A. Gudmunsson and A. Gudjohnsen (Oskarsson, d. 64).

Goals: 0-1, m. 30: Atli Gudmunsson. 1-1, m. 54: Tysgankov. 2-1, m. 84: Mudryk.

Referee: Clement Turpin (France). He yellow carded the Ukrainian Malinovskyi (m. 42) and the Icelanders Haraldsson (m. 21) and Ingason (m. 57).

Incidents: Incidents: final group B match of the play-offs for Euro 2024, played at the Tarczynski Arena stadium in Wroclaw in front of around 42,000 spectators.