the National team of Ukraine goes on the European Football Championship. Mikhail Fomenko's team drew 1:1 return butt matches against Slovenia, and won on the sum of two duels with the score 3:1.
Three days ago in Lviv "zhovto-blakitny" were very convincing both on the account and on game. The victory 2:0 allowed Ukrainians smart chances to remove from itself, at last, a damnation of butt matches - from five previous attempts to be selected thus on large tournament any did not end with success. However, only one history of a sample belongs to the European campaigns already 1999, but then Ukraine lost in joints just to Slovenes. Which collected since then very decent collection. Three times football players from small, but the proud Balkan country came to the World Cups and Europe through butt matches, having lost at this stage only once - in 2003 Croats were more successful. to
Well and the last success of Slovenes in this field to the Russian fans is alas familiar to p very well. At stadium in Maribor our dreams to go to the World Cup to the Republic of South Africa collapsed. That defeat 0:1, in fact, became the end of an era of Guus Hiddink. Also led to that the wheel of the Russian soccer had Sergey Fursenko.
For the national team of Ukraine visit to the city of Slovenia second for the importance was not less fatal, than for Russians in the fall of the 2009th. Only the task of guests looked easier. Even one hammered ball actually guaranteed to Ukraine a general victory, after all in that case Slovenes should have hammered four times - exactly so many balls "zhovto-blakitny" passed for all selection cycle.
But in words "to score a goal" sounds where it is simpler, than in practice. Slovenes - children house that was shown in this game at once. Owners very actively went forward, and starting storm brought required result. On the 11th minute the champion of the national team on number of the played matches Boshtyan Tsesar afflicted Andrey Pyatov. The score 1:0 still suited guests, but quite abruptly changed deals. After all one more goal in gate of Ukrainians transferred a meeting to an overtime.
Slovenes continued to press p, guests beat off and slowly transferred game to an average zone. Football players in a yellow form thought of attacks seldom, and only before the break carried out quite dangerous attack. The second time began essentially differently. Now guests took control of an initiative whereas Slovenes as though were tired.
But the goalkeeper Handanovich made a stand so Ukrainians did not use the moments. The stadium began to whistle discontentedly, but to only a minute to the 75th Slovenia advanced to the serious attack. Fans "to light" favourites, threw Pyatov's penalty area fusees, but only made worse. The account did not change, the judge added five minutes for which Brechko managed to receive a direct red card and to leave owners in minority. As a result it was necessary to play even more planned, and all ended with counterattack of Ukrainians on an outcome to the seventh (!) compensated minute. In its exact blow finished Yarmolenko - 1:1.
the National team of Ukraine for the second time will participate in final part of the European championship and for the first time it broke through on tournament through a qualifying tournament - in the 2012th "zhovto-blakitny" acted as owners.