Germany vs Ukraine, 2016 European Championship, Group Stage

· UEFA European Championship
Germany
  • 19': Shkodran Mustafi
  • 90'+2': Bastian Schweinsteiger
FT
2 - 0
Ukraine

    Germany begin Euro 2016 with hard-fought win over Ukraine

    World champions Germany got their Euro 2016 campaign off to a winning start as they defeated Ukraine 2-0 in Lille on Sunday.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 4': Attempt blocked. Mario Götze (Germany) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Toni Kroos.
    • 4': Attempt missed. Julian Draxler (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
    • 4': Attempt saved. Yevhen Konoplyanka (Ukraine) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Artem Fedetskyy.
    • 4': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Manuel Neuer.
    • 9': Foul by Taras Stepanenko (Ukraine).
    • 9': Jonas Hector (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 11': Offside, Germany. Mario Götze is caught offside.
    • 12': Attempt missed. Jonas Hector (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Thomas Müller with a headed pass.
    • 16': Foul by Yevhen Khacheridi (Ukraine).
    • 16': Mesut Özil (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 17': Foul by Toni Kroos (Germany).
    • 17': Viktor Kovalenko (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 18': Foul by Yaroslav Rakitskyi (Ukraine).
    • 18': Thomas Müller (Germany) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 19': Goal! Germany 1, Ukraine 0. Shkodran Mustafi (Germany) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Toni Kroos with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 20': Hand ball by Mesut Özil (Germany).
    • 23': Attempt blocked. Toni Kroos (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Julian Draxler.
    • 23': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Serhii Sydorchuk.
    • 24': Andrii Pyatov (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 24': Foul by Shkodran Mustafi (Germany).
    • 25': Artem Fedetskyy (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 25': Foul by Julian Draxler (Germany).
    • 25': Foul by Shkodran Mustafi (Germany).
    • 25': Viktor Kovalenko (Ukraine) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 25': Foul by Benedikt Höwedes (Germany).
    • 25': Yevhen Konoplyanka (Ukraine) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 26': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Thomas Müller.
    • 27': Attempt saved. Yevhen Khacheridi (Ukraine) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Yevhen Konoplyanka with a cross.
    • 27': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Manuel Neuer.
    • 28': Offside, Ukraine. Roman Zozulya is caught offside.
    • 29': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Artem Fedetskyy.
    • 29': Attempt saved. Sami Khedira (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Toni Kroos with a through ball.
    • 31': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Jérôme Boateng.
    • 31': Attempt missed. Viacheslav Shevchuk (Ukraine) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
    • 32': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Artem Fedetskyy.
    • 32': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Yevhen Khacheridi.
    • 38': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Jonas Hector.
    • 39': Offside, Ukraine. Artem Fedetskyy is caught offside.
    • 39': Foul by Viktor Kovalenko (Ukraine).
    • 39': Jérôme Boateng (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Jonas Hector.
    • 44': Offside, Germany. Mario Götze is caught offside.
    • 45': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Jérôme Boateng.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Artem Fedetskyy (Ukraine).
    • 45'+1': Julian Draxler (Germany) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Germany 1, Ukraine 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Germany 1, Ukraine 0.
    • 47': Benedikt Höwedes (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 47': Foul by Viacheslav Shevchuk (Ukraine).
    • 48': Attempt saved. Julian Draxler (Germany) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jérôme Boateng.
    • 52': Toni Kroos (Germany) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Jonas Hector.
    • 56': Attempt saved. Toni Kroos (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Mesut Özil.
    • 56': Foul by Shkodran Mustafi (Germany).
    • 56': Serhii Sydorchuk (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 57': Attempt saved. Yaroslav Rakitskyi (Ukraine) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 57': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Manuel Neuer.
    • 61': Attempt saved. Sami Khedira (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Julian Draxler.
    • 65': Attempt blocked. Sami Khedira (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mesut Özil.
    • 66': Substitution, Ukraine. Yevhen Seleznev replaces Roman Zozulya.
    • 67': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Jonas Hector.
    • 68': Foul by Yevhen Konoplyanka (Ukraine).
    • 68': Mario Götze (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 68': Yevhen Konoplyanka (Ukraine) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 68': Attempt missed. Julian Draxler (Germany) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Benedikt Höwedes with a cross.
    • 71': Foul by Yevhen Seleznev (Ukraine).
    • 71': Jérôme Boateng (Germany) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 73': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Artem Fedetskyy.
    • 73': Substitution, Ukraine. Oleksandr Zinchenko replaces Viktor Kovalenko.
    • 74': Attempt saved. Mario Götze (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Toni Kroos.
    • 75': Attempt saved. Thomas Müller (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mario Götze.
    • 75': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Andrii Pyatov.
    • 76': Attempt blocked. Jérôme Boateng (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 78': Substitution, Germany. André Schürrle replaces Julian Draxler.
    • 82': Attempt missed. André Schürrle (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Mario Götze.
    • 84': Foul by Toni Kroos (Germany).
    • 84': Taras Stepanenko (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 86': Artem Fedetskyy (Ukraine) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 86': Foul by Mario Götze (Germany).
    • 87': Attempt saved. Mesut Özil (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Toni Kroos with a through ball.
    • 88': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Shkodran Mustafi.
    • 88': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Manuel Neuer.
    • 89': Foul by Andrii Yarmolenko (Ukraine).
    • 89': Shkodran Mustafi (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90': Substitution, Germany. Bastian Schweinsteiger replaces Mario Götze.
    • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Andrii Yarmolenko (Ukraine) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Oleksandr Zinchenko.
    • 90'+2': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Shkodran Mustafi.
    • 90'+2': Goal! Germany 2, Ukraine 0. Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Mesut Özil with a cross following a fast break.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Germany 2, Ukraine 0.
    • 90'+4': Match ends, Germany 2, Ukraine 0.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Germany 2, Ukraine 0.

    Statistics

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    9 Fouls 10
    1 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 2
    12 Corner Kicks 6
    6 Saves 3
    37 Possession 63
    7 SHOTS 18
    3 ON GOAL 8
    0.4 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    202 Accurate Passes 594
    293 Passes 673
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
    7 Accurate Crosses 5
    24 Crosses 21
    0.3 Cross % 0.2
    74 Long Balls 63
    26 Accurate Long Balls 39
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
    1 Blocked Shots 5
    8 Effective Tackles 8
    11 Tackles 10
    0.7 Tackle % 0.8
    0 Interceptions 0
    22 Effective Clearances 13
    28 Clearances 18

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA European Championship

    Venue: Decathlon Arena - Stade Pierre-Mauroy
    Location: Lille, France
    Attendance: 43,035

    EURO Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Slovenia 0 0 0
    2 Denmark 0 0 0
    3 Serbia 0 0 0
    4 England 0 0 0
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    GER Germany (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Manuel Neuer (GK)
    2 Shkodran Mustafi
    17 Jérôme Boateng
    3 Jonas Hector
    4 Benedikt Höwedes
    8 Mesut Özil
    18 Toni Kroos
    6 Sami Khedira
    19 Mario Götze
    11 Julian Draxler
    13 Thomas Müller
    Germany Substitutes:
    Marc-André ter Stegen, Mats Hummels, Joshua Kimmich, Jonathan Tah, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Lukas Podolski, Leroy Sané, Julian Weigl, Bernd Leno, Mario Gómez, Emre Can, André Schürrle.

    UKR Ukraine (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    12 Andriy Pyatov (GK)
    20 Yaroslav Rakitskiy
    3 Yevhen Khacheridi
    13 Vyacheslav Shevchuk
    17 Artem Fedetskiy
    9 Viktor Kovalenko
    6 Taras Stepanenko
    16 Serhiy Sydorchuk
    8 Roman Zozulya
    10 Yevhen Konoplyanka Yellow Card
    7 Andriy Yarmolenko
    Ukraine Substitutes:
    Oleksandr Karavaev, Pylyp Budkivsky, Ruslan Rotan, Serhiy Rybalka, Denys Garmash, Olexandr Kucher, Yevhen Seleznyov, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, Denys Boyko, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Mykyta Shevchenko, Bohdan Butko.

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