Slovakia vs Ukraine, 2024 European Championship, Group Stage
· UEFA European ChampionshipEuro 2024: Ukraine edge Slovakia to keep hopes alive
Ukraine revived their Euro 2024 hopes as substitute Roman Yaremchuk's late goal saw them hit back after falling a goal behind to beat Slovakia 2-1 in a lively Group E clash on Friday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Foul by Andrii Yarmolenko (Ukraine).
- 3': Lukás Haraslín (Slovakia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 4': Offside, Slovakia. Peter Pekarík is caught offside.
- 5': Offside, Ukraine. Andrii Yarmolenko is caught offside.
- 6': Foul by Artem Dovbyk (Ukraine).
- 6': Ivan Schranz (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10': Attempt saved. Lukás Haraslín (Slovakia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Stanislav Lobotka.
- 11': Attempt saved. Ivan Schranz (Slovakia) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 12': Attempt missed. Ondrej Duda (Slovakia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lukás Haraslín.
- 13': Attempt saved. Volodymyr Brazhko (Ukraine) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Heorhii Sudakov.
- 16': Foul by Volodymyr Brazhko (Ukraine).
- 16': Stanislav Lobotka (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 17': Attempt saved. Dávid Hancko (Slovakia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 17': Goal! Slovakia 1, Ukraine 0. Ivan Schranz (Slovakia) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lukás Haraslín with a cross.
- 22': Attempt missed. Mykhailo Mudryk (Ukraine) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Illia Zabarnyi.
- 23': Foul by Róbert Bozeník (Slovakia).
- 23': Mykola Matviienko (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Attempt blocked. Artem Dovbyk (Ukraine) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mykhailo Mudryk with a through ball.
- 28': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Peter Pekarík.
- 29': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Róbert Bozeník.
- 29': Attempt blocked. Mykhailo Mudryk (Ukraine) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 29': Attempt missed. Andrii Yarmolenko (Ukraine) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a corner.
- 31': Corner, Slovakia. Conceded by Volodymyr Brazhko.
- 32': Foul by Juraj Kucka (Slovakia).
- 32': Oleksandr Tymchyk (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Attempt blocked. Andrii Yarmolenko (Ukraine) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Artem Dovbyk.
- 34': Offside, Ukraine. Andrii Yarmolenko is caught offside.
- 37': Foul by Volodymyr Brazhko (Ukraine).
- 37': Juraj Kucka (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 40': Foul by Ondrej Duda (Slovakia).
- 40': Mykola Shaparenko (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 40': Dávid Hancko (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Foul by Artem Dovbyk (Ukraine).
- 41': Foul by Ivan Schranz (Slovakia).
- 41': Oleksandr Zinchenko (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 42': Andrii Yarmolenko (Ukraine) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 42': Foul by Dávid Hancko (Slovakia).
- 43': Attempt saved. Oleksandr Zinchenko (Ukraine) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 44': Attempt saved. Lukás Haraslín (Slovakia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ondrej Duda.
- 44': Corner, Slovakia. Conceded by Anatolii Trubin.
- 44': Attempt missed. Juraj Kucka (Slovakia) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Milan Skriniar with a headed pass following a corner.
- 45'+1': Andrii Yarmolenko (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+1': Foul by Lukás Haraslín (Slovakia).
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Slovakia 1, Ukraine 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Slovakia 1, Ukraine 0.
- 46': Delay in match because of an injury Oleksandr Zinchenko (Ukraine).
- 46': Delay in match because of an injury Peter Pekarík (Slovakia).
- 47': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 48': Foul by Róbert Bozeník (Slovakia).
- 48': Mykola Matviienko (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Artem Dovbyk (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Foul by Milan Skriniar (Slovakia).
- 51': Attempt missed. Artem Dovbyk (Ukraine) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mykhailo Mudryk with a cross.
- 52': Foul by Mykola Shaparenko (Ukraine).
- 52': Stanislav Lobotka (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Goal! Slovakia 1, Ukraine 1. Mykola Shaparenko (Ukraine) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Oleksandr Zinchenko.
- 55': Foul by Mykola Shaparenko (Ukraine).
- 55': Ondrej Duda (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Delay in match because of an injury Mykola Shaparenko (Ukraine).
- 58': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 58': Attempt blocked. Ivan Schranz (Slovakia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Juraj Kucka.
- 60': Substitution, Slovakia. László Bénes replaces Ondrej Duda.
- 60': Substitution, Slovakia. David Strelec replaces Róbert Bozeník.
- 61': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Dávid Hancko.
- 61': Offside, Ukraine. Artem Dovbyk is caught offside.
- 62': Delay in match because of an injury Dávid Hancko (Slovakia).
- 63': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 64': Delay in match (Slovakia).
- 65': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 66': Offside, Slovakia. Ivan Schranz is caught offside.
- 67': Substitution, Ukraine. Roman Yaremchuk replaces Artem Dovbyk.
- 67': Substitution, Ukraine. Oleksandr Zubkov replaces Andrii Yarmolenko.
- 67': Substitution, Slovakia. Tomás Suslov replaces Dávid Hancko because of an injury.
- 67': Substitution, Slovakia. Adam Obert replaces Lukás Haraslín.
- 69': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Ivan Schranz.
- 69': Attempt blocked. Roman Yaremchuk (Ukraine) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Mykhailo Mudryk with a cross.
- 70': Offside, Ukraine. Oleksandr Zubkov is caught offside.
- 70': Foul by Oleksandr Zubkov (Ukraine).
- 70': Stanislav Lobotka (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Foul by Oleksandr Tymchyk (Ukraine).
- 72': Tomás Suslov (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Foul by Adam Obert (Slovakia).
- 73': Oleksandr Zubkov (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 74': Attempt blocked. Peter Pekarík (Slovakia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by László Bénes.
- 74': Attempt saved. Mykhailo Mudryk (Ukraine) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Roman Yaremchuk.
- 75': Delay in match because of an injury Mykhailo Mudryk (Ukraine).
- 76': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 77': Attempt blocked. Heorhii Sudakov (Ukraine) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mykola Matviienko.
- 77': Delay in match because of an injury Tomás Suslov (Slovakia).
- 78': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 80': Goal! Slovakia 1, Ukraine 2. Roman Yaremchuk (Ukraine) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mykola Shaparenko with a through ball.
- 81': Attempt blocked. László Bénes (Slovakia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Juraj Kucka.
- 82': Attempt missed. Juraj Kucka (Slovakia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tomás Suslov with a cross.
- 84': Foul by Roman Yaremchuk (Ukraine).
- 84': Milan Skriniar (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 84': Roman Yaremchuk (Ukraine) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 85': Attempt missed. Juraj Kucka (Slovakia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
- 85': Substitution, Ukraine. Ruslan Malinovskyi replaces Mykhailo Mudryk.
- 85': Substitution, Ukraine. Serhii Sydorchuk replaces Volodymyr Brazhko.
- 86': Offside, Ukraine. Roman Yaremchuk is caught offside.
- 86': Substitution, Slovakia. Leo Sauer replaces Ivan Schranz.
- 87': Foul by Ruslan Malinovskyi (Ukraine).
- 87': Leo Sauer (Slovakia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 88': Foul by Roman Yaremchuk (Ukraine).
- 88': Milan Skriniar (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Corner, Slovakia. Conceded by Oleksandr Tymchyk.
- 90': Attempt blocked. Denis Vavro (Slovakia) header from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by László Bénes with a cross.
- 90'+1': Corner, Slovakia. Conceded by Mykola Shaparenko.
- 90'+2': Substitution, Ukraine. Maksym Talovierov replaces Mykola Shaparenko.
- 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Milan Skriniar (Slovakia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stanislav Lobotka.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Slovakia 1, Ukraine 2.
- 0': Match ends, Slovakia 1, Ukraine 2.
Statistics
 UKR |
SVK |
|
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Fouls | 9 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 5 | Offsides | 2 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 4 | Saves | 3 |
| 44 | Possession | 56 |
| 13 | SHOTS | 14 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 368 | Accurate Passes | 480 |
| 419 | Passes | 534 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 17 | Crosses | 19 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 47 | Long Balls | 39 |
| 23 | Accurate Long Balls | 15 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 5 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 11 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 19 | Tackles | 9 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.9 |
| 8 | Interceptions | 5 |
| 19 | Effective Clearances | 15 |
| 19 | Clearances | 15 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA European Championship
Venue: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Location: Düsseldorf, Germany
Attendance: 43,910
Venue: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Location: Düsseldorf, Germany
Attendance: 43,910
EURO Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| 2 | Belgium | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| 3 | Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 3 | -2 | 4 |
Line-Ups
Slovakia (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Dúbravka (GK) |
| 14 | Milan Skriniar |
| 3 | Denis Vavro |
| 16 | Dávid Hancko |
| 2 | Peter Pekarík |
| 22 | Stanislav Lobotka |
| 8 | Ondrej Duda |
| 19 | Juraj Kucka |
| 9 | Róbert Bozeník |
| 17 | Lukás Haraslín |
| 26 | Ivan Schranz |
Ukraine (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 12 | Anatoliy Trubin (GK) |
| 22 | Mykola Matviyenko |
| 13 | Illia Zabarnyi |
| 17 | Oleksandr Zinchenko |
| 24 | Oleksandr Tymchyk |
| 14 | Georgiy Sudakov |
| 18 | Volodymyr Brazhko |
| 19 | Mykola Shaparenko |
| 11 | Artem Dovbyk |
| 10 | Mykhailo Mudryk |
| 7 | Andriy Yarmolenko |
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