The Ukrainian national football team played a historic match on Wednesday, July 24. Our team is taking part in the Summer Olympics for the first time. Two days before the official opening of the tournament, the “blue-yellows” started the group stage with a match against Iraq.
The match was held at the Parc Lyonnais stadium in Lyon. OBOZ.UA provided an online broadcast of the Ukraine vs. Iraq match.
Olympic Games. Football (Men)
Group B. 1st round
Lyon, “Park Lyonne” stadium
Chief referee: Mahmoud Ismail (Sudan), VAR referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Ukraine – Iraq – 1:2
Goals: Rubchinskiy, 53 – Hussein, 57, penalty, Jasim, 75
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90+14. That’s it. Ukraine opens Olympic football tournament with defeat.
90+12. WARNING. Goalkeeper Hasan received a warning for wasting time.
90+12. Iraqis are killing time.
90+10. The failure is getting closer.
90+9. Ocheretko decided to hit for some reason. Into the goalkeeper’s hands.
90+8. Our team earned a promising penalty.
90+6. The crossbar saves Fesyun! It was an unexpected shot into the near corner after a corner.
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90+6. Jasim twisted three of our players, but shot at a defender.
90+5. Sych is offside.
90+3. Ukraine equalizes, but Fedor misses the ball beyond the goal line.
90+1. After the first goal, Rotan’s team simply fell apart psychologically.
90. The referee added 12 minutes!
89. I wonder how much the judges will add.
87. Once again, an Iraqi is rolling around on the lawn…
86. Krasnopir shot straight down the center into the goalkeeper’s hands.
85. Krupsky was not allowed to go along the flank.
83. Fedor made a great pass to Ocheretko, but he didn’t even earn a corner.
81. Our people are trying to organize an assault.
79. SUBSTITUTION. Kryskiv and Sikan finished. Ocheretko and Krasnopir are in the game.
78. Martynyuk ran offside.
77. The Iraqis themselves did not expect that everything would turn out this way.
75. 1:2. What a horror… Our team missed the second one. Jasim, who came on as a substitute, shoots from 20 meters straight into the bottom corner of Fesun’s goal.
72. SUBSTITUTION. Taloverov, Mikhailenko and Bragaru are gone. Sych, Fedor and Salyuk are in the game.
72. Hlan fouls in attack.
71. Of course, the Iraqis are already stalling for time.
69. Once again, Bragara was prevented from reaching the flank by the Iraqis.
67. Fesyun blocked a cross from a corner.
65. The referee blows all mutual fouls against us.
63. Our guys need to run forward again.
59. The mega-picture fall, of course, was from the Iraqi forward.
57. WARNING: Bragaru got it for talking.
57. 1:1. Hussein very confidently converted a penalty shot.
56. WARNING. Taloverov received a foul.
56. Penalty to Ukraine! Taloverov pushed the attacker with his hands.
53. 1:0!!! Ukraine scores! After a free kick from Kryskiv, Batagov headed the ball into the center, the goalkeeper blocked it, but Rubchinskiy was the first to finish it off!
52. WARNING: Amer played Kryskiv roughly.
51. Sikan! From 11 meters after a pass from Kryskiv, he shoots over the top from a free kick.
48. Sikan falls in the opponent’s penalty area! The referee doesn’t blow his whistle.
THE SECOND HALF HAS BEGUN. Ukraine played from the center of the field.
21:03. We return to Lyon.
20:58. This is how Argentina lost a draw with Morocco.
20:51. The Ukrainians are “lucky”, of course. At Euro 2024, the clear favorite of the group, Belgium, lost to Slovakia at the start, here Argentina lost to Morocco…
20:51. 7-1 in shots and 2-0 in shots on target.
20:50. BREAK.
45+5. The referee blows his whistle.
45+2. For the fourth time in a half, Iraqi footballers lie on the grass for a long time, feigning injuries.
45. The Ukrainians need a goal.
42. Krupskiy joins in again. He made a sharp pass, but it bounced off Kryskiv over the goal line.
40. Phew! Krupskiy got past two opponents and shot into the near corner. The goalkeeper blocked it.
38. The Iraqis are demanding a penalty. One of the players fell in our penalty area. But there was no foul.
36. Wow! The Ukrainian misses a pass from Bragaru from four meters into an empty net!
35. Khlan is similar to Mudrik, only with even less effectiveness.
33. Now Bragaru shot higher from 27 meters.
32. Bragaru can’t beat his opponent one-on-one.
30. We have little speed in our work without the ball.
28. The Iraqis played with their hands in their own penalty area. But the referees thought that the rebound interfered.
26. O. The referee called a foul after an Iraqi player knocked down his teammate. A Sudanese player whistled towards our goal.
26. WARNING: Kryskiv rolled under his opponent and received a delayed card.
24. Rubchinskiy hit the ball very inaccurately from medium range.
21. Krupskiy ran offside.
19. Iraq is generally trying to remain in its original positions.
17. But it must be said that there is still a lot of confusion on the field.
15. Our team is getting closer and closer to the opponent’s goal.
13. Phew! Shot into the far corner from Mykhailenko! The goalkeeper saves it!
11. Finally, our team got the ball under control.
9. Martynyuk powerfully cleared a pass from the opponents’ free kick.
7. Argentina lost to Morocco 1:2.
6. Martynyuk shot from the penalty line. Past the target.
4. So far our opponents have more control of the ball.
2. Wow! Our counterattack was missed. The Iraqis ran out 4 to 3, but the defenders blocked it.
THE MATCH IS ON! Iraq has kicked off!
1 MINUTE BEFORE THE MATCH. Two hours later, the referees disallowed Argentina’s goal in the 90+16th minute against Morocco! The game will resume with the score 2:1 in favor of the Africans.
4 MINUTES BEFORE THE MATCH. The national anthems are playing.
6 MINUTES BEFORE THE MATCH. The players come out onto the green grass.
10 MINUTES BEFORE THE MATCH. Wow. The Argentina-Morocco match is still not over! The players were taken off the field because the fans ran out.
15 MINUTES BEFORE THE MATCH. Our starting lineup.
2 HOURS UNTIL THE MATCH. Argentina and Morocco drew 2:2.
3.5 HOURS BEFORE THE MATCH. Interestingly, bookmakers believe in Morocco’s first place in the group stage more than Ukraine’s. 7.00 versus 8.50.
4 HOURS BEFORE THE MATCH. In our group today Argentina has already started the game against Morocco.
8 HOURS BEFORE THE MATCH. Our guys are playing in blue today.
9 HOURS BEFORE THE MATCH. Iraq is participating in the Olympics for the sixth time. In 2004, our opponents took fourth place, losing the bronze to the Italians.
11 HOURS BEFORE THE MATCH. Greetings to all sports fans! Today is the historic day of the Ukrainian national football team’s debut at the Olympics.
The match will be available on the regional channels of Suspilnoye, which are available on digital television T2. Also, a live broadcast from Lyon will be available on the video service Megogo, which has launched a special section “Men’s Football from Discovery+”.
Our footballers are considered the clear favorites of the game. Bets on the victory of the wards of coach Ruslan Rotan are accepted with a coefficient of 1.70. A draw is estimated at 3.30. And the indicators for Iraq’s success reach the level of 4.75.
The match was entrusted to an international team of referees, headed by Mahmoud Ismail from Sudan. He will be assisted by linesmen Elvis Nupue from Cameroon and Liban Ahmed from Djibouti. The role of the fourth referee will be performed by Ugandan Shamira Nabadda.
The game will also use the video assistant referee (VAR) system, which will be monitored by Croatian Ivan Bebek.
Ruslan Rotan, head coach of the Ukrainian national team:
– We are studying them. The team is physically strong. It is not that it is not technical. The technical components are very good. Fast attack, vertical play, there are a lot of openings behind the back, this can already be noted. Add here three more players from the national team. Therefore, I think that this team is in very good shape and they will also be contenders for the playoffs. They will not give up points to anyone just like that.
Ukraine: Fesun – Martynyuk, Taloverov, Salyuk, Krupsky – Rubchinsky, Mikhailenko, Kryskiv – Khlan, Bragaru, Sikan
Iraq: Hassan – Al Hussein, Maknazi, Ojaimi, Saad – Mohammed, Al-Mukhtar, Bayesh, Jasim, Abdel Amir – Hussein
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