The national football team of Ukraine beat the national team of Ireland in the opening match of the UEFA Nations League, Suspilne reports.
“The Ukrainian national football team started with a victory in the first match of the League of Nations. The Ukrainians beat the team of Ireland with a minimum score of 1:0,” reads a message published on the website on Thursday night.
However, “the Ukrainians failed to take the lead in the group.” According to the results of the standings, Scotland is in the lead.
The national football team of Ukraine lost to the Wales team 1:0 and failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup, which will be held in Qatar in November-December.
The Wales team scored the only goal at the Cardiff City stadium in the 34th minute, when Andriy Yarmolenko cut the ball in his own net after a free kick by Garrit Bale.
The national football team of Ukraine beat Scotland in Glasgow with a score of 3-1 and will now play with Wales in the playoff final for a ticket to the 2022 World Cup.
Goals in the Ukrainian national team were scored by Andriy Yarmolenko (33 minutes), Roman Yaremchuk (49th) and Artem Dovbyk (90+4). The Scots scored Callum McGregor.
The game for the right to speak at the World Cup in Qatar will be held on June 5 in Cardiff.
The World Cup will be held from November 21 to December 18, 2022
The Italian football club Genoa has announced the resignation of the ex-coach of the Ukrainian national football team, Andriy Shevchenko.
“The Genoa Football Club announces the dismissal of coach Andriy Shevchenko from the post. The club thanks the coach and his staff for the hard work they have done in recent months,” the club’s press service reports.
The technical leadership of the team will be temporarily entrusted to Abdoulay Konko, who will be assisted by Roberto Murgita.
As reported, Shevchenko headed the Italian Serie A club Genoa in November 2021. The contract was signed until June 30, 2024.
The Ukrainian national football team has beaten Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:0 away in the last qualifying group match, and got the opportunity to play in the playoffs for reaching the final of the World Cup, which will be held in Qatar in November-December 2022.The first goal in the 58th minute was scored by Oleksandr Zinchenko with a pass from Viktor Tsyhankov, the second – in the 79th minute by Artem Dovbyk, who was led one on one with goalkeeper by Mykola Shaparenko.Before the last round, the fate of a path to the playoffs largely depended on the outcome of the Finland-France match, but the home team also lost 0:2, allowing Ukraine to enter the play-offs with 12 points from second place in the group.
Former coach of the Ukrainian national football team Andriy Shevchenko has taken over the leadership of the Italian Serie A club Genoa.“Genoa CFC announces that Andriy Shevchenko has reached an agreement with 777 Partners [an American investment company, the recent owner of the club] and will lead the ‘griffins’ until June 30, 2024,” a message posted on the club’s website says.According to Italian media, Shevchenko’s assistants will be Mauro Tassotti and Luigi Nocentini, who also helped him in the Ukrainian national team.After 12 rounds of Serie A, Genoa is in 18th place with nine points.Shevchenko as a player played for Dynamo Kyiv, Milan and Chelsea in 1994-2012. He is the winner of the 2004 Golden Ball title and the Hero of Ukraine. He headed the Ukrainian national team in 2016-2021, with which he reached the quarter final match of the European Championship 2020.
