France U21 1-3 Ukraine U21: Sudakov bags brace as Ukraine reach Euro semi-finals

Ukraine Under 21s have reached the European Championship finals after stunning France Under 21s with a 3-1 win at the Cluj Arena.

Les Bleus opened the scoring as Lyon youngster Rayan Cherki found the net after 19 minutes, but the game slipped away before half time.

Heorhiy Sudakov equalised from the penalty spot 13 minutes later, and put Ukraine in front before half time as he ran silkily into the box and finished calmly past Lille's Lucas Chevalier.

With France stretched as they looked for a way back into the game, Artem Bondarenko confirmed the result as he added a third goal four minutes from time.

Chelsea's Mykhailo Mudryk was excellent for Ukraine, winning the penalty for the first goal and assisting the third.

The 22-year-old struggled last season and went goalless in 15 Premier League games after joining the Blues for £89 million in January, but has now handed incoming Blues boss Mauricio Pochettino a timely reminder of what he can do.

Ukrainian football has a history of prioritising youth that dates back to revolutionary manager Valeriy Lobanovskiy's time at Dynamo Kyiv, but have struggled to make much of an impact at the Under 21s Euros.

They did reach the final in their first appearance at the tournament in 2006, but have qualified just once since then, finishing eighth in 2011.

Ruslan Rotan's side will now face Spain in their semi-final on Wednesday after the five-time champions beat Switzerland 2-1 on Saturday.

England will play in the other last four clash after Anthony Gordon's first half strike saw them past Portugal on Sunday.

They will face Israel, who beat co-hosts Georgia on penalties in their quarter-final.