On 17 October, one of the matches of Euro 2024 in football took place. Malta and Ukraine met.
Мальта - Украина - 1:3. Евро-2024. Обзор матча, статистикаEuro-2024
Malta - Ukraine - 1:3 (1:2)
Goals: Mbong (13) - Kamenzuli (39), Dovbik (43), Mudryk (85)
Warnings: Pisani (90+3), Zubkov (90+3)
Review of the match Malta - Ukraine:
In an exciting European Championship qualifying match, Malta faced Ukraine at the Ta'Kalli National Stadium. Despite Malta's best efforts, Ukraine won 1-3 after leading 1-2 at half-time. The start of the match was very tense and the first significant event occurred in the 12th minute when Malta's P. Mbong scored, giving the hosts their first lead of the match. Maltese fans jumped up from their seats, hoping for a possible defeat against a strong Ukrainian team. However, Ukraine were quick to respond and in the 31st minute, M. Matvienko received a yellow card for a careless challenge. The match continued in a tense struggle, and in the 38th minute luck turned to Ukraine: R. Kamentsuli scored on the board. Kamentsuli scored an unfortunate goal into his own net, levelling the score. Just before the break, in the 43rd minute, after a foul in the penalty area, Ukraine were awarded a penalty kick. A. Dovbyk took the lead and calmly converted the penalty, giving Ukraine a precious advantage before the break. At the start of the second half, both teams made substitutions to freshen up the squads. In the 46th minute, Ukraine's M. Matvienko replaced O. Svatok, giving a new dynamic to the Ukrainian midfield. Malta also made changes, bringing on K. Nwoko instead of A. Satariano in the 68th minute, and a minute later N. Muscat came on in place of B. Christensen.
Meanwhile, Ukraine made another substitution in the 67th minute: V. Vanat came on in place of Y. Kono. Vanat came on instead of Y. Konoply, and G. Sudakov - instead of Y. Nazaryn. With the score 1:2 in favour of Ukraine, the game remained in balance. However, in the 85th minute Ukraine dealt a significant blow to Malta's hopes of a return goal when M. Mudryk hit the net, increasing Ukraine's lead to 1:3. In the final stages of the game, both teams continued to make changes to the game. In the 87th minute, Ukrainian player O. Zinchenko was replaced by O. Pihalenok, and for Malta, P. Mbong was replaced by L. Montebello. When the time was coming to the end of the main time, in the 88th minute Malta also replaced Y. Jannik with S. Pisani. In the end of the match the tension increased, which led to yellow cards for both Malta and Ukraine. In the 90th minute S. Pisani received a warning and in a separate incident O. Zubkov received a yellow card. As a result, Ukraine won 1:3 in the European Championship qualifying match against Malta. The Maltese demonstrated their superiority and efficiency in the game, gaining a much-needed victory. The Maltese fought hard and showed promising moments, but failed to overcome the Ukrainian team. The match was an exciting spectacle and made the fans look forward to the next round of European Championship qualifiers.
In the next round the following matches await the rivals: England - Malta, Ukraine - Italy.
Мальта - Украина - 1:3. Евро-2024. Обзор матча, статистикаStatistics of the match Malta vs Ukraine:
| Malta national team | Ukraine national team | |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Blows in the centre of the net | 0 |
| 1 | Kicks | 1 |
| 1 | Blocked punches | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty kicks | 1 |
| 1 | Kicks from outside the penalty box | 0 |
| 2 | Offences | 4 |
| 0 | Corner kicks | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 0 |
| 34% | Ball possession | 66% |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 0 | Keeper saves | 0 |
| 46 | Total assists | 92 |
| 34 | Accurate assists | 79 |
| 74% | Accuracy of passes | 86% |
