He MHP Arena Stuttgart host this Wednesday a Ukraine-Belgium that being a match on the third day of the group stage turned into a sort of round of 32 confrontation after that Belgium reach the round of 16, where the mighty await Francewhile Ukraine was removed. Surprisingly, the match ended in a draw and no goals in sight (0-0). All the results of a group E where equality reigned, settled in four participants with 4 points as each of them recorded one win, one draw and one loss. Disappointing Ukrainewhich will go home having achieved more points than more than one of the third in the group that went to the round of 16.
The match itself was really even, with periods of dominance for both sides and being Ukraine the one who pushed the hardest in the final stretch because they knew the tie was not worth it because of the non-aggression pact seen in the final minutes of the Slovakia-Romania match, these two knew they were both classified for the round of 16 with a tie.
It is fair Revrovselector Ukraineupon entering his eleventh Yaremchuk, who has been very good in the last two games from the bench, but is afraid when the system is changed from 4-2-3-1 to 5-3-2. While Tedescohis name in Belgiumkept at eleven Tielemans although in the end, he knows the bond is worth it, he will eventually give up Look out to build together Amadou Onanin an engine room that is more destructive than constructive.
With all the above and adding the tension of the rivalry into the mix, logically the scenario of the match is what it is. Far from losing their minds, both did their best to fight for every split ball as if it were the last, but they exhausted their energy there and not in search of the opposing goal. It was not a showy match, quite the opposite, and only the particularities of a very close group in terms of classification prevented football from punishing both with elimination.
The clearest scoring chance of the match was signed by Lukaku (which remains unmarked) (8′) and Bakatoko (87′) of Belgium and Yaremchuk (41′) and Dovbyk (78′) by Ukraine. But nobody put the ball in either of the two goals and the 0-0 in the end sent Ukraine home, despite gaining 4 points, which was more than those registered by some teams from other groups who were in eighth, and condemned Belgium not only in the most difficult part of the draw but also in measuring the round of 16 with France. Much needs to be improved to beat the ‘bleu’.
match lineup
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24
16
22
3
13
19
18
9
Eleven
14
1
twenty-one
3
24
4
5
9
8
10
7
22
Stuttgart Arena
Cohen Casteels1
Timothy Castagnetwenty-one
57′
Arthur Theate3
Amadou Onana24
80′
Wout Faes4
42′
Jan Vertonghen5
69′
Leandro Trossard9
61′
69′
Youri Tielemans8
61′
69′
Romelu Lukaku10
89′
68′
Kevin De Bruyne7
Jeremy Doku22
76′
Replacements
Thomas Kaminski12
Matz Sels13
Zeno Debast2
Maxim De Cuyper25
57′
Aster Vranckx16
Orel Mangala18
61′
Arthur Vermeeren23
Yannick CarrascoEleven
61′
69′
Charles De Ketelaere17
80′
Johan Bakayoko19
76′
69′
Lois Opendatwenty
89′
69′
coach
Sergei Rebrov
Domenico Tedesco
Source: La Verdad
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