The Ukrainian nationwide staff dropped out of the European Soccer Championship

On the European Soccer Championship in Germany, the Ukrainian staff on Wednesday, June 26, tied with the Belgian staff with a rating of 0:0. Thus, Ukraine completed its efficiency on the championship, taking final place in its group.

The Ukrainian nationwide staff was merely unfortunate

Earlier than the beginning of the final couple of matches in Group E, all 4 groups had 3 factors of their belongings. If there was a draw within the parallel match of the third spherical, Ukraine wouldn’t qualify for the playoffs with any end result apart from victory. On the eve of the sport, bookmakers’ bets on a draw within the Slovakia-Romania match fell to a minimal. This end result assured entry to the playoffs for each of those groups. That is precisely how they performed it.

Unbelievable, however true: Ukraine leaves Euro 2024 with 4 factors. The opposite three groups in Group E with the identical factors tally however a greater aim distinction will proceed to compete within the knockout phases of the match.

Assist for the Ukrainian staff

The decision of the top coach of the Ukrainian nationwide staff to help the staff within the match was heard by the staff’s third sport: in keeping with sports activities businesses, the 54,000-seat stadium in Stuttgart was offered out, with greater than 11,000 Ukrainian followers within the stands, which exceeded the variety of followers from Belgium.

This sport was the primary within the historical past of the Ukrainian and Belgian groups. Belgium is in third place within the FIFA rankings.

Sergei Rebrov was compelled to not embody two key gamers of the nationwide staff – midfielders Mikhail Mudrik and Viktor Tsygankov – within the squad, preferring the experimental 5-3-2 formation with Artem Dovbyk and Roman Yaremchuk on the forefront. The very best participant of the earlier match, Alexander Zinchenko, was additionally not within the lineup.