As part of preparations for the Euro-2023 U-21 final tournament, the youth national team of Ukraine held a test match with the Georgian team in the city of Gori.
Georgia U-21 — Ukraine U-21 — 1:1 (0:0)
goals: Hvadagiani (70) - Kashchuk (63).
Georgia: Kutaladze, Gelashvili (Mamageishvili, 74), Kalandadze, Khvadagiani, Azarov, Mekvabishvili (K), Gulyashvili (Potskhveria, 90+2), Gagua (L. Khorheli, 90+2), Maisuradze (Kapanadze, 46), N Khorheli (Kvernadze, 58), Gagnidze.
Ukraine: Kinareykin (Tvardovskyi, 46), Kuzyk (Faryna, 79), Slyusar, Yakuba, Lyakh, Bunchukov (Mykhaylenko, 46), Zhelizko (K), Kulakovsky (Sapuga, 66), Kashchuk, Krasnopir (Honcharuk, 84), Sigheev (Kucheryaviy, 66).
At Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium in Gori, 60 km from the Georgian capital, the Ukrainians held a sparring match with the Georgian youth team. It should be noted that our opponent is also a participant of Euro-2023 U-21 - in the role of host.
Ruslan Rotan faced a difficult personnel situation on the eve of the match. Among those who were in the starting line-up for the match against Israel, only Lyakh and Kashchuk kept their place in the "base".
The start of the match turned out to be equal, Gulyashvili scored against the Georgians with a shot in the area, and Kashchuk, a member of our team, broke into the penalty area and shot dangerously. However, gradually the hosts took the initiative, and the "blue-yellow" had a lot of mistakes in their own half of the field.
Yes, Kinareykin had to save our team after the shots of Gagua, Nika Horkheli, Gulyashvili, Mekvabishvili hit the crossbar from the standard, another dangerous shot from the penalty line was scored by the same Gulyashvili. The Ukrainians responded only with an inaccurate long-range attempt from Kulakovsky.
After the break, our guys acted much more disciplined, started to create chances near other people's goals. At first, Kashchuk used a wing pass, but could not beat Kutaladze. And in the 63rd minute, the Ukrainians took the lead - Kashchuk outplayed Krasnopir at the entrance to the penalty area and shot from the right into the far corner.
However, the Georgians soon equalized - Hvadagiani hit a powerful long-range shot right into the corner. In the last minutes of the meeting, the teams had few chances and failed to change the 1:1 draw. On this note, the November collection for Ruslan Rotany's wards has been completed.
