Today, November 17, with a match against Kosovo, the U-19 youth national team of Ukraine (football players not older than 2004) began their performance in the Euro-2023 qualification. Serhiy Nagornyak's wards played their first Group 3 match in the Swedish city of Norrköping (Ostgotaporten stadium).
Euro-2023 (U-19). Qualification round. Group 3
Ukraine (U-19) - Kosovo (U-19) - 1:0 (0:0)
Goal: Yarmolyuk (90+5).
Ukraine (U-19): Gereta, Kitela, Udod, Kholod, Buleza (k), Tsarenko (Yushchenko, 46), Varfolomeev, Yarmolyuk, Fedor (Losenko, 76), Horbach (Pastukh, 86), Pushkarev (Kharabara, 69) .
Kosovo (U-19): Shala, Miftari, Sahitai, Redzepi, R. Yashari, Ayvazi, Brutti (Avdimettai, 90+4), A. Maloku (k) (Bllaka, 78), Khazrollai (I. Yashari, 78), E. Maloku (Hasani, 46), Rashitsa (Ajeti, 89).
In the first half, our boys had the upper hand, but they mostly missed the goal, and Fedor's shot was handled by the goalkeeper of the Balkans. After the break, Yarmolyuk and Pushkarev scored with a shot in the area - Shala managed. The Kosovars tried everything to keep the draw, they even made a tactical substitution at the 90th + 4th minute, but in the last seconds, the English "Brentford" midfielder Yehor Yarmolyuk, after handing over to his colleague from the German "Nuremberg" Volodymyr Kharabara, who came on as a substitute, brought I wish Ukraine the desired victory. 1:0.
Our team will play its next match on November 20 against Cyprus.
As a reminder, the first two teams of each group and the best third place winner (based on the results of the matches with the first and second teams of the group) will join Portugal in the elite round of selection in the spring of 2023. Malta's national team won a direct pass to the final stage as the host of the tournament. The winners of the seven groups of the elite round will go there.