Ukraine vs North Macedonia, 2020 European Championship, Group Stage
· UEFA European ChampionshipEuro 2020: Ukraine beat North Macedonia with Andriy Yarmolenko, Roman Yaremchuk on target again
Ukraine got their first win at Euro 2020 as they beat North Macedonia 2-1 in Bucharest on Thursday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Mykola Matvienko (Ukraine).
- 1': Goran Pandev (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 4': Foul by Ruslan Malinovskiy (Ukraine).
- 4': Stefan Ristovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Attempt missed. Oleksandr Karavaev (Ukraine) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 7': Attempt missed. Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ruslan Malinovskiy.
- 7': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Darko Velkovski.
- 8': Attempt blocked. Illia Zabarnyi (Ukraine) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mykola Shaparenko with a cross.
- 8': Attempt saved. Ruslan Malinovskiy (Ukraine) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Oleksandr Karavaev.
- 8': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Stole Dimitrievski.
- 9': Attempt missed. Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine) left footed shot from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Ruslan Malinovskiy with a cross following a corner.
- 11': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Stefan Ristovski.
- 13': Offside, Ukraine. Oleksandr Zinchenko tries a through ball, but Roman Yaremchuk is caught offside.
- 15': Attempt blocked. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Arijan Ademi.
- 15': Attempt missed. Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
- 16': Attempt missed. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Boban Nikolov with a cross.
- 23': Foul by Mykola Matvienko (Ukraine).
- 23': Goran Pandev (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 23': Attempt blocked. Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Oleksandr Zinchenko.
- 24': Foul by Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia).
- 24': Taras Stepanenko (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Attempt saved. Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ruslan Malinovskiy with a through ball.
- 28': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Visar Musliu.
- 29': Goal! Ukraine 1, North Macedonia 0. Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Oleksandr Karavaev following a corner.
- 34': Goal! Ukraine 2, North Macedonia 0. Roman Yaremchuk (Ukraine) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andriy Yarmolenko.
- 36': Foul by Mykola Matvienko (Ukraine).
- 36': Goran Pandev (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Offside, North Macedonia. Enis Bardhi tries a through ball, but Goran Pandev is caught offside.
- 40': Attempt missed. Oleksandr Karavaev (Ukraine) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Oleksandr Zinchenko.
- 42': Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 42': Foul by Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine).
- 43': Mykola Shaparenko (Ukraine) has gone down, but the referee deems it simulation.
- 43': Mykola Shaparenko (Ukraine) is shown the yellow card.
- 44': Foul by Stefan Spirovski (North Macedonia).
- 44': Oleksandr Zinchenko (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Ukraine 2, North Macedonia 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Ukraine 2, North Macedonia 0.
- 45': Substitution, North Macedonia. Aleksandar Trajkovski replaces Boban Nikolov.
- 45': Substitution, North Macedonia. Darko Churlinov replaces Stefan Spirovski.
- 47': Attempt saved. Arijan Ademi (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Goran Pandev.
- 47': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Georgi Bushchan.
- 50': Foul by Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia).
- 50': Oleksandr Karavaev (Ukraine) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 51': Attempt saved. Ruslan Malinovskiy (Ukraine) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is saved in the top left corner.
- 51': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Stole Dimitrievski.
- 51': Attempt saved. Illia Zabarnyi (Ukraine) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Oleksandr Zinchenko.
- 54': Attempt blocked. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Goran Pandev.
- 54': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Illia Zabarnyi.
- 55': Attempt saved. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Enis Bardhi.
- 55': Penalty North Macedonia. Goran Pandev draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 55': Penalty conceded by Oleksandr Karavaev (Ukraine) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 57': Penalty saved! Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
- 57': Goal! Ukraine 2, North Macedonia 1. Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
- 59': Foul by Darko Velkovski (North Macedonia).
- 59': Ruslan Malinovskiy (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 59': Darko Velkovski (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 65': Attempt saved. Ruslan Malinovskiy (Ukraine) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Oleksandr Karavaev.
- 65': Foul by Roman Yaremchuk (Ukraine).
- 65': Stole Dimitrievski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Attempt saved. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Enis Bardhi.
- 68': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Georgi Bushchan.
- 69': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Oleksandr Karavaev.
- 69': Attempt missed. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Visar Musliu following a corner.
- 70': Substitution, Ukraine. Viktor Tsygankov replaces Andriy Yarmolenko.
- 70': Substitution, Ukraine. Artem Besedin replaces Roman Yaremchuk.
- 71': Offside, Ukraine. Mykola Shaparenko tries a through ball, but Artem Besedin is caught offside.
- 74': Attempt missed. Viktor Tsygankov (Ukraine) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ruslan Malinovskiy with a through ball.
- 75': Artem Besedin (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 75': Foul by Darko Velkovski (North Macedonia).
- 77': Substitution, North Macedonia. Daniel Avramovski replaces Enis Bardhi.
- 78': Substitution, Ukraine. Serhiy Sydorchuk replaces Mykola Shaparenko.
- 79': Foul by Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia).
- 79': Viktor Tsygankov (Ukraine) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 80': Foul by Visar Musliu (North Macedonia).
- 80': Viktor Tsygankov (Ukraine) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 80': Attempt blocked. Ruslan Malinovskiy (Ukraine) left footed shot from long range on the right is blocked.
- 80': Penalty conceded by Daniel Avramovski (North Macedonia) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
- 82': VAR Decision: Penalty Ukraine.
- 83': Daniel Avramovski (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
- 84': Penalty saved! Ruslan Malinovskiy (Ukraine) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
- 85': Substitution, North Macedonia. Ivan Trichkovski replaces Darko Velkovski.
- 85': Substitution, North Macedonia. Kire Ristevski replaces Arijan Ademi.
- 87': Attempt missed. Ruslan Malinovskiy (Ukraine) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Artem Besedin.
- 90': Daniel Avramovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Foul by Taras Stepanenko (Ukraine).
- 90': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Illia Zabarnyi.
- 90'+1': Foul by Daniel Avramovski (North Macedonia).
- 90'+1': Oleksandr Karavaev (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Substitution, Ukraine. Eduard Sobol replaces Ruslan Malinovskiy.
- 90'+3': Attempt missed. Daniel Avramovski (North Macedonia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Aleksandar Trajkovski with a cross.
- 90'+4': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Darko Churlinov.
- 90'+4': Offside, Ukraine. Viktor Tsygankov tries a through ball, but Artem Besedin is caught offside.
- 90'+5': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Ukraine 2, North Macedonia 1.
- 0': Match ends, Ukraine 2, North Macedonia 1.
Statistics
 MKD |
UKR |
|
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fouls | 9 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 3 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 7 | Saves | 4 |
| 47.5 | Possession | 52.5 |
| 13 | SHOTS | 17 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 8 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 336 | Accurate Passes | 390 |
| 398 | Passes | 448 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 14 | Crosses | 11 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.5 |
| 52 | Long Balls | 37 |
| 33 | Accurate Long Balls | 19 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 8 | Effective Tackles | 9 |
| 16 | Tackles | 14 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 11 | Interceptions | 12 |
| 9 | Effective Clearances | 13 |
| 9 | Clearances | 13 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA European Championship
Venue: National Arena
Location: Bucuresti, Romania
Attendance: 10,001
Venue: National Arena
Location: Bucuresti, Romania
Attendance: 10,001
EURO Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England | 3 | +1 | 5 |
| 2 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Serbia | 3 | -1 | 2 |
Line-Ups
Ukraine (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Georgiy Bushchan (GK) |
| 22 | Mykola Matviyenko |
| 13 | Illia Zabarnyi |
| 16 | Vitaliy Mykolenko |
| 21 | Oleksandr Karavaev |
| 6 | Taras Stepanenko |
| 17 | Oleksandr Zinchenko |
| 10 | Mykola Shaparenko  |
| 9 | Roman Yaremchuk |
| 8 | Ruslan Malinovskyi |
| 7 | Andriy Yarmolenko |
North Macedonia (3-4-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stole Dimitrievski (GK) |
| 14 | Darko Velkoski |
| 6 | Visar Musliu |
| 13 | Stefan Ristovski |
| 17 | Enis Bardhi |
| 20 | Stefan Spirovski |
| 5 | Arijan Ademi |
| 8 | Ezgjan Alioski |
| 16 | Boban Nikolov |
| 21 | Eljif Elmas |
| 10 | Goran Pandev |
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