On Tuesday, September 10, the youth national team of Ukraine played its next match of the Euro 2025 (U-21) qualifying round - away, against the "youth" Northern Ireland.
Euro 2025 (U-21) qualifying round. Group "F"
NORTHERN IRELAND (U-21) - UKRAINE (U-21) - 1: 2 (0: 2)
Goals: Allen (81 penalty) - Voloshin (10), Bragaru (30)
Ukraine U-21: Neshcheret, Smolyakov (Roman, 85), Batagov, Salyuk, Krupsky, Yarmolyuk (Melnychenko, 73), Varfolomeev (Rubchynsky, 55), Ocheretko, Voloshyn (Kvasnytsia, 85), Krasnopir (Horbach, 72), Bragaru.
Northern Ireland (U-21): Charles, Forbes, Donnelly, Fogarty, Stewart (McKiernan, 46), Devenny, Robinson (Magee, 46), Devlin, Allen, Taylor (Flippers, 73), Kelly (Crowe, 62).
The Ukrainians made a great start to the match, and in the 10th minute Ocheretko took the ball on the right flank, played it to Voloshyn in the center of the penalty area, and he touched it into the near corner.
After 20 minutes, Bragaru played into the wall on the right side of the penalty area with Yarmolyuk, then twisted the goalkeeper and defender and scored into the empty net - 2: 0. Seven minutes later, Krasnopir hit the near corner from the left flank in a fall, but the goalkeeper knocked the ball out for a corner kick.
At the beginning of the second half, there was a moment near our goal - Saliuk put his head under Magi's shot from the left side of the penalty area. And in the 80th minute Batagov fumbled with the ball in front of his own penalty area, Allen attacked him, so he had to be fouled, and our defender received a red card, and the opponent had the right to a penalty kick. Allen converted the 11-meter penalty with a shot into the left corner. So, 2: 1 - the eighth consecutive victory of the youth national team of Ukraine in the qualifying tournament.
Current standings in Group F:
1. Ukraine - 24 points (8 matches)
2. England - 19 (8)
3. Serbia - 13 (9)
4. Luxembourg - 7 (9)
5. Northern Ireland - 7 (7)
6. Azerbaijan - 3 (8).
