{"id":76261,"date":"2024-03-28T05:29:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T05:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/mudryk-sends-war-torn-ukraine-to-euro-2024-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T05:29:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T05:29:06","slug":"mudryk-sends-war-torn-ukraine-to-euro-2024-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/mudryk-sends-war-torn-ukraine-to-euro-2024-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Mudryk sends war-torn Ukraine to Euro 2024 | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nPOLAND:
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Ukraine qualified for Euro 2024 on Tuesday by beating Iceland 2-1, delivering an emotional boost to a country ravaged by war since the Russian invasion of February 2022.<\/p>\n

Second-half strikes from Viktor Tsygankov and Mykhailo Mudryk turned around the game for Serhiy Rebrov’s side, who trailed at the break following Albert Gudmundsson’s opener.<\/p>\n

“Thank you, guys! Thank you, team! For significant emotions for the entire country. For the important victory and making it to EURO. For proving once again: whenever Ukrainians face difficulties but do not give up and continue to fight, Ukrainians certainly win,” Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on X.<\/p>\n

“In times, when the enemy tries to destroy us, we demonstrate every day that Ukrainians are and will be. Ukraine is, and will be! Thank you for the victory! Glory to Ukraine!”<\/p>\n

The hosts Ukraine, playing in the Polish city of Wroclaw due to the ongoing conflict, began the brighter of the two sides and dominated possession in the opening 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

However, it was Iceland who nearly broke the deadlock in the 14th minute when a great run by Hakon Arnar Haraldsson gave Jon Dagur Thorsteinsson the chance to test Andriy Lunin in the Ukraine goal.<\/p>\n

Rebrov’s men responded instantly at the other end but Vitaliy Mykolenko shanked his left-footed strike when in a good position inside the box.<\/p>\n

Gudmundsson made the breakthrough on the half-hour mark with a sublime solo effort for his 10th goal in an Iceland shirt.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old slalomed away from two Ukrainian defenders before feeding a perfectly placed curling effort with his left foot beyond the reach of Lunin from 25 yards.<\/p>\n

Six minutes later, 21-year-old Ukrainian playmaker Georgiy Sudakov stung the palms of Hakon Rafn Valdimarsson at the near post following a poor defensive clearance by Iceland.<\/p>\n

The hosts then thought they were back on terms in the 39th minute when Roman Yaremchuk tucked home Tsygankov’s cross.<\/p>\n

But after wild celebrations from the Ukraine fans, the goal was chalked off after VAR adjudged Tsygankov to have previously been offside from Sudakov’s clipped pass.<\/p>\n

Ukraine were firmly on top for the remainder of the first half as play began to become more physical, with Ruslan Malinovskyi picking up a yellow card for an elbow on Haraldsson immediately after the decision to disallow Ukraine’s equaliser.<\/p>\n

Tsygankov made amends for his earlier offside when he powered Ukraine level nine minutes into the second half.<\/p>\n

Sudakov was again at the heart of things and his pinpoint crossfield ball found the winger, who drove in from the right flank and beat Valdimarsson with a left-footed strike inside the far post.<\/p>\n

With just under 20 minutes to play, Ukraine nearly completed the turnaround, but Mykolenko again failed to make the most of a good position in the box and poked his finish wide of the post.<\/p>\n

Real Madrid stopper Lunin produced a superb save to deny Thorsteinsson from close range on 77 minutes, before Gudmundsson dragged wide one minute later when in a dangerous position.<\/p>\n

Iceland looked to be the more likely to score until Mudryk found space 18 yards out and swept Sudakov’s lay-off into the far corner of the goal with just six minutes remaining on the clock.<\/p>\n

After narrowly losing in the play-offs for the 2022 World Cup, qualifying for Euro 2024 will be a boost for the war-torn country.<\/p>\n

“It is an amazing feeling. I am very happy because it is another dream come true. A big thank you to our fans, they helped us through these difficult times amazingly,” said midfielder Oleksandr Zinchenko.<\/p>\n

The win ensures Ukraine make a fourth consecutive appearance at the European Championship, going back to when they hosted the tournament alongside Poland in 2012.<\/p>\n

At the European Championship in Germany this summer, Ukraine will take on Belgium, Slovakia and Romania in Group E.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

POLAND: Ukraine qualified for Euro 2024 on Tuesday by beating Iceland 2-1, delivering an emotional boost to a country ravaged by war since the Russian invasion of February 2022. 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