spain was played with Ukraine the group leadership, and thus avoid France in the quarterfinals. Denia decided to give the less common players an option, only Sancet repeated because Veiga was in trouble, and the starters rested. Also Ukraine, a team greatly affected by the war in their country after the Russian invasion, changed nine starters for this match against the Spanish.
Best, Ukraine
After 20 minutes, a rude call from the Ukrainian goalkeeper Neshcheret in a serve, in which he dropped the ball, allowed Riquelme scoring the first goal of the match, after the Ukrainians generated a couple of clear chances. But the referee inexplicably annulled the goal due to an alleged non-existent foul, but in this European Championship there is no VAR. At least until the quarterfinals, a measure taken by UEFA after the arbitration scandal in the match between France and Italy a few days ago. Another bad transfer from a rivla defender left Camello alone against Neshcheret, but the goalkeeper took the shot from him. The tie made Santi Denia’s men the leader. In the last play of the first half, a great counter by Nazarenko ended with a header from Viunnyk who beat Julen Agirrezabala to leave the score 0-1.
The second half, with Ukraine already equipped with a line of five, started with an own goal from Zhelizko after a cross from Riquelme. The Ukrainian defense was a party and Spain fished in the defensive chaos of its rival. The goal put Spain back in the lead, thanks to the goal average, and reassured the Spanish coach that he was not making any more changes beyond the third goalkeeper (Leo Román), with which they had all made their debut. And the Mallorcan player committed an unnecessary penalty in the 80th minute on a long ball that Guillamón did not control well and the goalkeeper fouled a Ukrainian striker. Sudakov, the Shakhtar player and absolute international, led Ukraine with ten minutes to go.
Abel Ruiz to the rescue
Spain lost the lead, which forced it to move from Bucharest a Cluj, 500 kilometers away, and it was his turn to measure himself against the rival he did not want, the powerful France. An unforgivable mistake by a lukewarm Spain that made life incredibly complicated. But in the last minute of the game, Abel Ruiz received a pass from Rodri, cut the forward and beat the goalkeeper on his way out to equalize the game and put Spain back in the lead and avoid the scare of coming across France, one of the bogeymen of the tournament. This Wednesday it will be known who is the second in group D, who will be measured on Saturday.
2023-06-27 20:48:55
#Abel #Ruiz #salvages #draw #leaves #Spain #leading #avoids #France
