Ukraine beats Iceland and becomes Belgium’s opponent at the European Championship

Ukraine was favorite to qualify for the European Championship in Germany at the expense of Iceland, but the winning goal was not scored until the 84th minute. The Ukrainians will be opponents of our Red Devils in Group E.

Ukraine, which cannot play in its own country due to the war, hosted the Icelanders on Tuesday in Wroclaw, Poland for their decisive jump-off match.

The visitors took the lead after half an hour through Albert Gudmundsson. Roman Yaremchuk (ex-Ghent and Bruges) then saw his equalizer disallowed by the VAR for offside. In the 54th minute, Ukraine tied the score through Viktor Tsygankov. Mykhailo Mudryk, for whom Chelsea paid 70 million to Shakhtar at the beginning of last year, kicked his country to the European Championship in the 84th minute. The Ukrainians end up in Group E together with Belgium, Slovakia and Romania.

Belgium opens the European Championship against Slovakia on June 17 in Frankfurt. Domenico Tedesco’s team will then play against Romania in Cologne on June 22. They close Group E with a match on June 26 in Stuttgart against Ukraine.

Ukraine had eliminated Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-2 in the first jump-off match in path B last week. Iceland was too strong for Israel with 1-4.

The team of national coach and former international Sergei Rebrov is attending a European Championship for the fourth time in a row. Three years ago, Ukraine reached the quarter-finals, where it was eliminated by England.

The Red Devils have never played against Ukraine before.