The final of qualification for the European Football Championship-2024 allowed to determine all 24 national teams that will fight for the Henri Delaunay trophy, the national team of Ukraine entered Group “E” together with Belgium, Slovakia and Romania, the official website of the tournament reports.
On Tuesday, March 26, after the decisive play-off matches of Euro-2024 qualification, the last three participants of the final part of the tournament were determined. They were the national teams of Ukraine, Georgia and Poland.
Georgia defeated Greece in a penalty shootout and will play for the first time in history at a big forum of national teams, Poland also defeated Wales in a series of 11-match penalty shootout, and Ukraine snatched a willful victory over Iceland.
Ukraine responded to a goal by Iceland’s Albert Gudmundsson after the break with goals by Viktor Tsygankov and Mykhailo Mudryk. The Ukrainians will meet Belgium, Slovakia and Romania at the European Championship.
The European Championship in 2024 will be hosted by Germany. It automatically got into Group A. Bundestim in the opening match of the tournament will meet Scotland in Munich.
The composition of all groups of the European Championship-2024:
Group A: Germany, Scotland, Hungary, Switzerland
Group B: Spain, Croatia, Italy, Albania
Group C: Slovenia, Denmark, Serbia, England
Group D: Poland, Netherlands, Austria, France.
Group E: Belgium, Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine
Group F: Turkey, Georgia, Portugal, Czech Republic.
The tournament will begin on June 14 and end on July 14.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has congratulated the Ukrainian national soccer team on its 2-1 victory against Iceland and qualification for the Euro 2024 Championship.
“Thank you, guys! Thank you, national team! For the most important emotions for the whole country. For the super important victory and exit to the Euro,” Zelensky wrote in Telegram on Wednesday night.
He noted that with this victory the Ukrainian national team “once again proved: when Ukrainians have a hard time, but they do not give up and continue to fight, then Ukrainians are sure to win.”
“In times when they want to destroy us every day, we prove every day: Ukrainians are and will be! Ukraine is and will be! Thank you for the victory!” – summarized the President.
The Ukraine-Iceland game was held in Wroclaw, Poland.
At the beginning of the game Ukraine had an advantage in possession of the ball, but the first half hour of the game ended with a goal by Iceland.
Ukraine restored parity in the 54th minute. Viktor Tsygankov struck the bottom corner of the goal – 1:1. The second goal was scored by Mykhailo Mudryk in the 84th minute.
The other two last two tickets to the final part of Euro 2024 were won by Georgia and Poland in penalty shootouts on Tuesday.
Ukraine will play its first match at the tournament in Munich on June 17 against Romania. The opponents in Group E will also be Slovakia and Belgium, with whom the Ukrainian team will play on June 21 and 26 in Düsseldorf and Stuttgart, respectively.
The Ukrainian national soccer team lost to England in the opening match of the Euro 2024 selection with a score of 0:2, the Ukrainian Football Association said.
“In the end, the England national team celebrated a 2-0 victory, while the Ukrainians will try to rectify the situation as early as June,” it said in a report published Sunday evening.
On June 16, the North Macedonia-Ukraine match will be played in the third qualifying round.
The unusual card made its debut during a women’s cup match between Portuguese teams Sporting and Benfica. During the game, one of the fans fainted, and medical personnel from both clubs rushed to his aid. That’s when referee Catarina Campos showed both teams the white card.
The new cards are the opposite of yellow and red: the usual brightly colored cards are used as punishment for infractions, while the white cards reward players for sportsmanship.
Afterwards, fans of both clubs began to applaud, supporting the referee’s decision.
The white cards were part of an initiative of Portugal’s National Plan for Ethics in Sport, adopted to encourage fair play. The initiative was taken over by the Portuguese Football Federation. So far, only in this country have the new cards become commonplace.
The match in which Benfica beat Sporting 5-0 to reach the cup semi-finals was marked not only by the debut of the new card, but also by record attendance for women’s soccer in Portugal. About 15,000 people came to watch the game.
