Euro 2020 Highlights, Sweden vs Ukraine: Dovbyk’s last-gasp header helps Ukraine qualify for quarters with 2-1 win

Thank you so much for joining us! What an end to the Round of 16. Until the first quarterfinals, it’s goodbye! CIAO. Here’s the schedule of the quarterfinals.

Friday, July 2, 2021:

Quarter-final 1: Switzerland vs Spain; 9:30 PM at Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Saturday, July 3, 2021:

Quarter-final 2: Belgium vs Italy- 12:30 AM at Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany.

Quarter-final 3: Czech Republic vs Denmark- 9:30 PM at Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan.

Sunday, July 4, 2021:

Quarter-final 4: Ukraine vs England- 12:30 AM at Stadio Olimpic, Rome, Italy.

120+1’GOOOAALLL AND IT’S OVER! Ukraine have avoided the penalties and beaten 10-man Sweden. Zinchenko’s cross is met by a great header across the face of goal from Dovbyk. GAME OVER!

120′ Bezus is down and in pain. He is back on.

118′ Sydorchuk off! Bezus is on.

117′ WIDE! The cross from the left into the box is blocked the ball bounces to Malinovskiy outside the box. His volley falls wide.

115′ Free-kick for Ukraine. Malinovskiy drives it hard and low and Zinchenko with the follow-up but nothing comes off it. Good thinking though.

112′ Suddenly, there is energy from Sweden. Sydorchuk backheels into Karavayev’s path and Berg is in but he hurts himself. He walks off for now

111′ Dovbyk scoops over from six yards out after Malinovskiy sets Dovybyk through. However, that wouldn’t have mattered as the flag was up.

110′ This is going to a start-stop second ET half. last 10 minutes to go

106′ Yarmolenko off! Dovbyk on! This is it! Ukraine half 15 minutes against 10 men to create history here. This is the best chance they’ll get all game. Will they do it or will Sweden hold on

150+5′ Bodies falling to ground like pack of card. Yarmolenko the latest.

AND AS SOON A HE IS UP, THE REFEREE BLOWS THE WHISTLE!

105+2′ Two corner for Ukraine but nothing comes off them.

101′ Ukraine- Besedin seems to have done some damage. He is subbed off for Tsygankov.

Ukraine: Helander replaces Olsson

98′ RED CARD!! YELLOW CARD and it is being checked for Red. Danielsson with a dangling leg strikes Besedin very dangerously after clearing the ball. he’s won the ball but the more you see it in slow mo the more it looks like a red. IT IS A RED!

97′ Claesson,Quaison, and Berg, replace Isak, Larsson, and Kulusevski

94′ Makarenko is replaced by Stepanenko

94′ Bright start to the half bu Ukraine. Holding the ball, building up patiently.

91′ Yaremchuk is replaced by Besedin

91′ EXTRA TIME BEGINS! LARSSON AND SWEDEN GET THE BALL ROLLING

90+2′ They couldn’t be separated in normal time as we go into extra time.

90′ CORNER for Sweden and nothing comes off it. Larsson takes a poor corner kick after Zabarnyi blocks Kulusevski’s shot.

88′ IS THERE A LATE WINNER? The pace, the intensity has dropped and it’s gotten a little scrappy. Is extra time imminent?

85′ Forsberg is booked for a flying hand, which wasn’t intentional. That is hash.

Augustinsson is through, he is replaced by Bengtsson

Lustig is replaced by Krafth

79′ YELLOW! Yarmolenko is booked for dissent.

69′ FORSBERG HITS THE POST! OH MY WORD! Skips a few challenges, cuts in from the left to the edge of the box before dipping the ball over the keeper but onto the post.

66′ SAVE! Kulusevski gets the ball after Forsberg’s corner is deep. He goes for goal but it is saved.

56′ AND NOWWWW FORSBERG FINDS THE POST! WOODWORK ON BOTH ENDS. Isak was at the heart of the build-up, whose drive down the centre and draws the defenders towards him before setting Forsberg free. His curler for the bottom right corner comes off the post.

55′ OFF THE POST! Sydorchuk receives the ball at the edge of the box on the right from Yarmolenko’s pull back. Sydorchuk’s curling effort towards near post comes off the post.

54′ WIDE! Larsson with too much time and space outside the Ukraine box inside the left channel. he has a crack at goal but only manages to drag the ball wide.

46′ PEEEP! Here we go again! Which team will book a quarterfinals date agains England in Rome? Let’s find out

45+2′ It’s halftime and after a sedate start, the game really picked up pace.

43′ GOOOOOALLLL and it had to be that man, Emil Forsberg to score the equaliser. Forsberg gets hold of a loose ball around 30 yards out. From inside the left flank, he looks to find the far corner but the ball takes a huge deflection off Zabarnyi and skips past the Ukraine goalkeeper and into the top left.

32′ BLAZED OVER! Yarmolenko chests down a poor clearance from Ekdal and lets it fly from the cusp of the area. The ball swirls and rises over the bar.

29′ SAVE BUT COULD HAVE BEEN UGLY! Sweden have a freekick. Bushchan has left space on the left of his goal and Larrson notices and goes for goal. But Bushchan is alert as he scrambles across to parry the ball away for a corner. Nothing comes off it.

27′ GOOOOOOOALLL!!!! UKRAINE IN FRONT! AND MANCHESTER CITY’S ZINCHENKO SCORES. Coming to the goal, Shaparenko delivers a brilliant diagonal pass to Yarmolenko in the right flank, he then drops his shoulder and chips the ball Zinchenko, stationed at the end other end of the box. The Man City man then hits the half volley with ferocious power past Olsen. The keeper go a hand to it but failed to keep it out. GREAT GOAL

20′ WIDEE!! ISAK COMES CLOSE AS SWEDES ARE WELL AND TRULY AWAKE! Isak is fed the ball just at edge of the box, he opens his body and looks to find the far, right post but he drills it wide. Great chance.

18′ FOSBERGG!! WIDE! Lustig threads the ball to Kulusevski, whose perfectly weighted cross from the right is met by Forsberg but his header is mistimed as the ball rolls wide.

17′ Yaremchuk is unable to pick out a pass from Yarmalenko as Olsson clears the ball.

11′ SAVE!!! Sweden keeper Olsen denies Yaremchuk. Yarmolenko returns a pass to Yaremchuk, who hammers the ball goalwards. However, Olsen stands firm, pushing the ball away to safety.

7′ Early pressure from Sweden! CORNER! The ball lurks inside the Ukraine area and eventually, Kulusevski gets a shot away but it is blocked. The corner kick from Forsberg is a poor one and is headed away at the near corner.

ATTEMPT! Lustig puts in a lovely long ball inside the Ukraine box, seeking Forsberg. But Ukraine’s goalkeeper Bushchan comes off his line and punches clear

4′ A slot start so far. Nothing much happening at Hampden as both teams look to find some rhythm.

The referees lead the teams out. Time for national anthems. Kick-off moments away.

Both Andriy Yarmolenko (2 goals, 1 assist) and Roman Yaremchuk (2 goals, 1 assist) were each directly involved in three of Ukraine’s four goals in the group stages of Euro 2020.

Are you ready to see who faces England?

This is just Sweden’s third appearance in the knockout stages of the European Championship- they lost 3-2 against Germany in 1992 ( semi-final) and lost to Netherlands on penalties following a goalless draw in 2004 (quarter-final)

4. Ukraine have lost seven of their last eight games at the European Championship, with their victory over North Macedonia enough to see them through to the last 16. This is only their second appearance in the knockout stages of major tournament, after reaching round two of the 2006 World Cup.

5. Of the teams to reach the last 16 at Euro 2020, no side faced more shots on target in the group stages than Ukraine (16,level with Wales).

This will be the fifth meeting between Sweden and Ukraine, with Sweden’s only victory coming in a friendly in August 2011 (D1 L2).

The last meeting between Sweden and Ukraine was in EURO 2012, with Ukraine coming from behind to win 2-1 thanks to a brace from current manager Andriy Shevchenko.

In this world, it is difficult to make everyone happy and it’s all the more difficult if one is a professional sportsperson or coach. Ask Sweden head coach Janne Andersson, who will definitely vouch for it and tell you that even though his side have the last-16 of Euro 2020, his wife, Ulrika, is not happy about something.

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Denmark

Italy

Czech Republic

Belgium

Spain

Switzerland

England

Taras Stepanenko and Serhiy Kryvtsov come in for Vitalii Mykolenko and Ruslan Malinovskyi.

Dejan Kulusevksi comes in fot with Robin Quaison dropping to the bench.

Berg benched

PLAYING XI: Olsen, Lustig, Lindelof, Danielson, Augustinsson, Larsson, Ekdal, Olsson, Forsberg, Kulusevski, Isak.

Subs: Bengtsson, Berg, Johnsson, Svensson, Helander, Sema, Krafth, Claesson, Jansson, Quaison, Nordfeldt, Cajuste.

PLAYING XI: Bushchan, Karavayev, Kryvtsov, Zabarnyi, Matviyenko, Shaparenko, Stepanenko, Sydorchuk, Yarmolenko, Yaremchuk, Zinchenko.

SUBS: Sobol, Malinovsky, Marlos, Pyatov, Makarenko, Tsygankov, Mykolenko, Bezus, Besyedin, Trubin, Tymchyk, Dovbyk.

Hello and Welcome to the live coverage of the final Round of 16 fixture of Euro 2020. Andriy Yarmolenko’s Ukraine take on Emil Forsberg’s Sweden in Glasgow, Scotland. This will be their fifth meeting, with Ukraine having won two and Sweden one. Will the trend continue?