On 20 November, one of the matches of Euro 2024 in football took place. Ukraine and Italy met.
Euro-2024
Ukraine - Italy - 0:0 (0:0)
Warnings: Alessandro Buongiorno (8), Konoplya (78).
Review of the match Ukraine - Italy:
Ukraine and Italy played out a goalless draw in a European Championship qualifying match at the BayArena Stadium. Both teams failed to score any goals early in the match, leading to a stalemate at half-time and eventually to 0-0 in regulation time. The first major event in the match occurred in the 7th minute when Italy's A. Buongiorno received a yellow card. At the start of the second half, Italy made their first substitution in the 46th minute, replacing G. Scamacca with G. Raspadori. This substitution gave Italy's attack new strength, but it failed to turn the tide. In the 71st minute Italy made two more substitutions, replacing N. Zaniolo and M. Raspadori. Zaniolo and M. Politano for Giorginho and B. Cristante respectively. Cristante respectively. However, these changes did not lead to the desired result for Italy. In the 80th minute Ukraine also made substitutions: V. Tsygankov replaced O. Zubkov, and T. Stepanenko came on in place of O. Pihalenka. These changes seemed to give Ukraine a slight advantage, but they could not find the turning point either.
Both teams continued to struggle on the pitch, and in the 79th minute Ukraine's player Y. Konoplya received a yellow card. In the 81st minute Italy made the last substitution, replacing F. Chiesa with M. Keane. Ukraine responded with two substitutions in the 86th minute, bringing on O. Tymchyk instead of Y. Konoplya and D. Sikan instead of O. Zinchenko. Italy also made one last substitution in the 90th minute, replacing M. Politano with M. Darmian. Despite the flurry of substitutions and the efforts of both teams, neither team was able to get the winning goal. The match ended in a 0-0 draw and both teams picked up one point each in their European Championship qualifying campaign. Although no goals were scored, the match showed the defensive resilience of both teams. Although neither team was satisfied with the result, they will now focus their attention on their upcoming matches in the European Championship qualifiers. Both Ukraine and Italy will be looking to pick up enough points to qualify for the tournament and hope for a better result in their future matches.
Statistics of the match Ukraine vs Italy:
Ukraine national team | Italy national team | |
---|---|---|
4 | Kicks to the goal | 2 |
6 | Kicks | 17 |
0 | Blocked kicks | 7 |
2 | Penalty kicks | 8 |
4 | Kicks from outside the penalty box | 9 |
14 | Offences | 8 |
4 | Corner | 9 |
1 | Offsides | 3 |
41% | Ball possession | 59% |
1 | Yellow cards | 1 |
0 | Red cards | 0 |
2 | Keeper saves | 4 |
375 | Total assists | 529 |
307 | Accurate assists | 456 |
82% | Accuracy of passes | 86% |