Renowned journalist Roberto Morales has told us what he expects from the Euro 2024 qualifying match between Malta and Ukraine, which will take place tonight.
Roberto Morales- The victory over North Macedonia in Prague was easy for Serhiy Rebrov's side, but the content of the game gives rise to healthy optimism. The Ukrainians managed to create chances both in static attacks and by quickly moving into counterattacks. Despite the fact that Artem Dovbik and Mykhailo Mudryk did not score, they made a huge difference in the episodes of receiving and advancing the ball. Also the substitutions worked very well - Ruslan Malinovskyi, Serhiy Sidorchuk, Oleksandr Karavaev and even Roman Yaremchuk, despite all his mistakes - fulfilled the necessary function.
Now we need to take three points in the away match against Malta and already wait for the final qualification game against Italy. Now our team has an equal number of points with Scuadra Adzura, but the reigning European champions have one match less.
Malta played their previous match against Italy and lost 0:4 away without any chances. In general, the islanders have not yet remembered anything in the current Euro qualification. However, from time to time, this team does show good results - last year there was a draw with Greece, a victory over Israel. Already in 2023 they defeated Luxembourg, now no longer a dwarf of European football. We also remember the beginning of Andriy Shevchenko's work with our national team, when Malta defeated his team 1-0 in a friendly match. The only goal then was scored by defender Zach Muscat, now playing at international level.
The bet is a win for Ukraine and a total over 2.5," Morales said.
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