Ukraine advanced to the Euro 2020 quarter-finals for the first time after a last-gasp 2-1 victory against Sweden in extra time at Hampden Park on Tuesday evening.
Match Report
Artem Dovbyk's dramatic late winner handed his side victory in Glasgow after Emil Forsberg's first-half strike had cancelled out Oleksandr Zinhcenko's early opener.
After weathering Sweden's bright start to the contest, Ukraine grew into the game with confidence before taking the lead after 27 minutes.
Andriy Yarmolenko's deep cross from the right found its way to Zinchenko at the back post, with the Manchester City man firing an unstoppable half-volley past Robin Olsen.
However, the scores were soon level after Forsberg's long-range effort took a wicked deflection to deceive Georgiy Buschan in the Ukraine net, with the sides heading into the interval on even terms.
Whilst both Sweden and Ukraine came within the width of the woodwork from taking the lead in the second half, courtesy of Serhiy Sryorchuck and Forsberg respectively, there was ultimately nothing to separate them as the match headed into extra time.
The match swung in Ukraine's favour eight minutes into extra time, as Marcus Danielson was shown a straight red card after his follow-through caught Artem Besyedin.
Ukraine made their dominance count in second-half stoppage time, as Zinchenko's beautifully weighted cross was headed home by Dovybk to secure a memorable victory and send his side through to face England in Rome on Saturday, July 3.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
11' CHANCE! Yaremchuk's shot denied by Olsen
26' GOAL! Sweden 0-1 Ukraine (Zinchenko)
29' CLOSE! Larsson's free-kick denied by Bushchan
32' Yarmolenko's shot over the bar
42' GOAL! Sweden 1-1 Ukraine (Forsberg)
55' OFF THE POST! Both Sydorchuk and Forsberg nearly score
66' CLOSE! Kulusevski's shot denied Bushchan
69' AGAIN! Forsberg's shot hits the crossbar
84' Yellow Card! Forsberg booked
121' GOAL! Sweden 1-2 Ukraine (Dovbyk)
Line-ups
Sweden XI: S. Larsson, Ekdal, M. Lustig, Forsberg, M. Danielsson, R. Olsen, Lindelof, Augustinsson, K. Olsson, Isak, Kulusevski
Subs: P. Bengtsson, G. Svensson, M. Berg, K. Nordfeldt, K. Johnsson, P. Jansson, V. Claesson, Krafth, Quaison, Helander, K. Sema, J. Cajuste
Ukraine XI: T. Stepanenko, S. Kryvtsov, Yarmolenko, S. Sydorchuk, H. Bushchan, O. Karavaev, R. Yaremchuk, Zinchenko, M. Matvienko, M. Shaparenko, I. Zabarnyi
Subs: A. Pyatov, Marlos, R. Bezus, Y. Makarenko, Sobol, Malinovskiy, V. Tsygankov, O. Tymchyk, A. Besedin, A. Dovbyk, V. Mykolenko, A. Trubin
Brightberry
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The Commentator be like: ShaparENKO, StepanENKO, Zinckenko, MatviENKO and YarmolENKO, everything ENKO. ππ
just being Sam
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Ukaraine win the match but Forsberg won our Heart β€οΈ!what a Performance
sufyrumu
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1 Goal β½ 1 Assist π °οΈ 119 Touches 1 Key pass 1 Big chance created. 4 Clearances 4 Tackles 1 Interception - A monstrous performance from the youngster from Man City.π₯π
Jackson_10
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Kdonald_official
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I was expecting penalty shootoutsπ§
Saailhussain_10
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Before Andriy Shevchenko's Takeover as Ukraine National Team's Manager, Ukraine Had Never Played in The Euro Knockouts in Their History. And Now, They will be Playing in The QuarterFinals. ππ₯πΊπ¦ Also, Don't Forget They Had Topped Their Euro Qualifiers Group Ahead of Portugal & Serbia! π₯ Legendary Player & Now in The Process of Becoming a Legendary Manager! π
CBL-Suspect-Bahdezz
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The Group of Dead are all Dead!!π€§
Algernone
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If you want to check out the gif, just click here: http://www.goalgif.xyz/v2/live/matchGifs?match_id=53203331&language=en
KurtaKurapiKa
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huge respect for him, even they lose the match
deextaq
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I was waiting for shootout πππ
overoff
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we move
bueadeimu
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The Commentator be like: ShaparENKO, StepanENKO, Zinckenko, MatviENKO and YarmolENKO, everything ENKO. ππ
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might be a surprise for you but non English speaking countries and those who didn't colonize half the world have surnames specific for that nations ending with -sen, -son, -ski, - enko, -iuk, -ov, -kas etc.