Dovbyk Heads Ukraine Into Euro 2020 Quarter-final Clash With England By Kieran CANNING
06/29/21 AT 8:50 PM
Artem Dovbyk s header in the 121st minute sent Ukraine through to a Euro 2020 quarter-final clash with England as they beat Sweden 2-1 after extra time in Glasgow on Tuesday.
Ukraine squeezed through to the last 16 despite taking just three points in the group stage, qualifying in part because Sweden beat Poland to top Group E ahead of Spain.
But Andriy Shevchenko s side were determined to show they deserved their place in the knockout phase as Oleksandr Zinchenko fired them into an early lead. Oleksandr Zinchenko fired Ukraine into the lead against Sweden Photo: POOL / ANDY BUCHANAN
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“We had to be brave on and off the ball,” England defender Harry Maguire said. “It was really important.”
The clamour to introduce Grealish was growing in the second half. It’s what got fans chanting inside Wembley, with a crowd of about 40,000 the biggest in Britain since the pandemic began in March 2020.
The winger finally entered with about 20 minutes to go and played a role in the opening goal.
Sterling first took on the defenders, going past Antonio Rüdiger before passing to Kane, whose lay-off to Grealish then went to Luke Shaw. And it was the left back’s cross that Sterling connected with, shooting past Neuer with his right boot.
Schweden - Ukraine 1:2 nach Verlängerung: 121.! Joker Dowbyk schießt die Ukraine spät ins EM-Viertelfinale
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Dienstag, 29.06.2021 | 23:28 Uhr
Andrej Schewtschenko fiel seinen Spielern nacheinander freudestrahlend um den Hals. Während Emil Forsberg und Co. nur noch untröstlich zum Zuschauen verdonnert waren, setzten Schewtschenko und seine EM-Helden ihre Feierlichkeiten nach dem historischen Erfolg gemeinsam mit den ukrainischen Fans in der Kurve fort. In einem Abnutzungskampf rang die Ukraine die favorisierten Schweden mit 2:1 (1:1, 1:1) nach Verlängerung nieder und erreichte dadurch erstmals das EM-Viertelfinale.
Am Samstag (21 Uhr) im Duell mit dem Deutschland-Bezwinger England in Rom ist die Ukraine jedoch eindeutig in der Rolle des krassen Außenseiters.