Live European Championship play-offs | Wales and Poland are competing for place in the Orange group

--

Live play-offs EK | Wales en Polen strijden om plek in groep Oranje

Welkom in dit liveblog. Hier houd ik, Thom van de Loosdrecht, je op de hoogte van alle ontwikkelingen in de beslissende play-offduels in de EK-kwalificatie. Treft Oranje Wales of Polen op het EK? Veel plezier!
  • Play-offs om laatste drie EK-tickets
  • Live: Oekraïne-IJsland 0-0
  • Live: Wales-Polen 0-0
  • Afgelopen: Georgië-Griekenland 0-0 (4-2)

Updates


Wales-Polen | dinsdag 26 maart om 21:04

18′ Davies met een gevaarlijke kopbal. De hoekschop vanaf rechts wordt door de verdediger net over over gekopt.


Oekraïne-IJsland | dinsdag 26 maart om 21:01

14′ IJsland is voor het eerst gevaarlijk. Na een goede actie op het middenveld komt Gudmundsson tot een schot. Lunin zorgt met een goede redding dat Oekraïne geen achterstand oploopt.


Georgië-Griekenland | dinsdag 26 maart om 20:54

Emotions are high among the Georgians, who stormed the field after the unique performance of the national team.


Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 8:52 PM

Georgia just qualified for a final tournament for the first time in history. They won on penalties against Greece, after no goals were scored in 120 minutes of football.


Wales-Poland | Tuesday March 26 at 8:47 PM

1′ Kick-off! We also started in Cardiff! Around 10:35 PM we will know who the Netherlands will play against at the European Championship.



Ukraine-Iceland | Tuesday March 26 at 8:46 PM

1′ Kick-off! We started with Ukraine-Iceland. Who will qualify for the group of Belgium, Romania and Slovakia?


Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 8:44 PM

Georgia goes to the European Championship! A real field storm follows.


Tuesday March 26 at 8:36 PM

Penalties Georgia Greece
  • Georgia: ✅✅❌✅✅
  • Greece: ❌✅✅❌

Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 8:33 PM

120+1′ End of extra time! We’re going to take penalties in Georgia. Who wins this lottery?


Ukraine-Iceland | Tuesday March 26 at 8:32 PM

b5ce3da961.jpg
Setups! Ukraine and Iceland will also start their battle for a European Championship ticket at 8:45 p.m. Goldcrest Roman Yaremchuk will start today in the starting line-up for Ukraine. In the previous match, he scored a goal and an assist as a substitute.

Ukraine: Lunin; Konoply, Zabarnyi, Matviienko, Mykolenko; Tsygankov, Malinovsky, Brazhko, Sudakov, Mudryk; Yaremchuk.

Iceland: Valdimarsson; Palsson, Ingason, Gretarsson, Thorarinsson; J.B. Gudmundsson, Haraldsson, Traustason, Thorsteinsson; Gudjohnsen, A. Gudmundsson.



Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 8:23 PM

111′ Kvaratskhelia leaves the field at Georgia. The Napoli striker was suspended in the previous match and cannot lead his country to victory today.


Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 8:21 PM

61e21ce7ba.jpg

These are tough duels on the field. Both teams are competing for a European Championship ticket.


Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 8:17 PM

106′ Kick-off second half extra time! We’ve started again! Fifteen minutes left for both countries to avert a penalty shootout.


Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 8:15 PM

105′ Halftime first half extra time! More happened in the last fifteen minutes than in the previous ninety minutes. Both Greece and Georgia had a great chance to score the opening goal, but it has not yet been scored.


Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 8:15 PM

105′ The match seems to be starting. Georgia is dangerous in the counter-punch with Mikautaudze. He passes the ball low to substitute Davitashvili. The attacker shoots into Vlachodimos.



Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 8:11 PM

103′ Mavropanos heads onto the crossbar! Greece moves on and gets a corner. The ball is passed from the right side. Mavropanos puts his head against the ball and sees his headbutt go towards the goal. His ball eventually ends up on the crossbar.


Wales-Poland | Tuesday March 26 at 8:10 PM

41fd4af9e7.jpg
Setups! Wales and Poland are competing for the last place in the Dutch group at the European Championship. David Brooks is missing for Wales. He is replaced by Kieffer Moore. Poland starts the match unchanged.

Wales: Ward; Williams, Mepham, Davies, Rodon; Roberts, Ampadu, Wilson, James; Johnson, Moore.

Poland: Szczesny; Bednarek, Dawidowicz, Kiwior; Frankowski, Slisz, Zielinski, Piotrowski, Zalewski; Swiderski, Lewandowski.


Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 7:59 PM

91′ Kick-off first half extra time! The first fifteen minutes of extra time have started. Are we finally going to see some spectacle?


Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 7:55 PM

90+4′ End of regular playing time! The unexciting match goes into extra time. Georgia and Greece have both failed to score yet.


Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 7:52 PM

90+2′ kvaratskhelia cuts in from the right and shoots towards Vlachodimos’ goal. The shot cracks.



Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 7:51 PM

90′ Three minutes are added in Georgia. Can one of the teams avoid an extension?


Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 7:44 PM

f5082ebd97.jpg

Georgia can qualify for a final tournament for the first time. Will that work tonight? For the time being, they seem to be heading for an extension.


Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 7:39 PM

79′ There is more and more space on the field. Georgia had two good counter opportunities, but both times the decisive pass was not good.


Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 7:35 PM

75′ Georges Mikautadze comes on for Georgia. Can the loaned Ajax player make the difference?


Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 7:25 PM

65′ Tsimikas can take a dropped ball on the edge of the penalty area in one go. His shot goes towards the corner flag.



Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 7:22 PM

62′ Georgia gets more time to play football in the second half, but the match continues to drag on. The odds can be counted on one hand in this match.


Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 7:15 PM

ecf03a2622.jpg

Referee Szymon Marciniak is having a tough evening. It is a heated duel in which six cards have already been dealt.


Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 7:05 PM

46′ Kick-off second half! Greece starts the second half. Will we see more opportunities in the second half?


Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 6:50 PM

Just after the half-time signal, things become very grim on the field. Both teams seek each other out and some pushing and pulling follows. Two substitutes receive a red card from the referee.


Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 6:48 PM

3e9d2f2ebc.jpg

45+3′ Rest!0-0 is the halftime score after a slow first half. Greece is the better team, but does not know how to convert that into opportunities. Georgia was once dangerous via a free kick. Hopefully the spectacle will come in the second half!



Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 6:46 PM

45′ Free kick in a dangerous position for Georgia. Kvaratskhelia’s attempt is tipped over the bar by Vlachodimos.


Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 6:44 PM

43 ‘It is noticeable that many players are slipping for both teams. It appears that the top layer of the turf is very weak.


Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 6:36 PM

36′ Former AZ player Hatzidiakos receives the first yellow card of the match. He takes out Georgia’s counter with his foul.


Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 6:35 PM

34′ It is a match with few chances. The initiative lies with Greece, but Georgia’s defense is very good.


Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 6:27 PM

bcbfdaf172.jpg

The match between national coaches Willy Sagnol (Georgia) and Gustavo Poyet (Greece) is for a place in the European Championship pool of Portugal, Turkey and the Czech Republic.



Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 6:24 PM

23′ Nasty elbow from Tsimikas at Kvaratskhelia. The Georgian needs treatment. The Greek left back gets away well, because a card should certainly have been given for that.


Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 6:18 PM

18′ Greece starts the match weakly, even free passes are given incorrectly. Mavropanos’ pass towards Tsimikas goes over the sideline.


Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 6:12 PM

10′ Dvali gets a good header opportunity after a free kick from the left. The defender grazes the ball, causing his header to go just wide.


Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 6:08 PM

c96e11392e.jpg
Setups! We still owed you the lineups of Georgia and Greece. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia returns from suspension at Georgia. He also starts right back in the basics. Greece starts in the same formation as against Kazakhstan.

Georgia: Mamardashvili; Kvirkvelia, Kashia, Dvali; Shengelia, Kiteishvili, Kochorashvili, Kakabadze; Chakvetadze, Zivzivadze, Kvaratskhelia.

Greece: Vlachodimos; Baldock, Mavropanos, Hatzidiakos, Tsimikas; Baksetas, Kourbelis, Mantalos; Masouras, Ioannidis, Pelkas.


Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 6:01 PM

1′ Kick-off! Georgia has kicked off! We started in Tbilisi.



Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 5:58 PM

The national anthems sound in the Dinamo Arena. We’re about to start with Georgia-Greece!


Georgia-Greece | Tuesday March 26 at 5:55 PM

8f3dc0b475.jpg

But we start the evening in Tbilisi where Georgia and Greece are competing for a place at the European Championships in Germany. Georgia won 2-0 against Luxembourg after a hectic match. Greece defeated Kazakhstan 5-0. Who will make the difference tonight?


Ukraine-Iceland | Tuesday March 26 at 5:49 PM

3983de014a.jpg

Ukraine and Iceland will also compete for a European Championship ticket at 8:45 p.m. Iceland won 1-4 against Israel and Ukraine won 1-2 against Bosnia. The Ukrainians got away well, because they were still behind five minutes before the end.


Wales-Poland | Tuesday March 26 at 5:40 PM

645bff0042.jpg

At 8.45 pm Wales and Poland will compete for the last European Championship ticket for the Dutch group. Wales won convincingly against Finland 4-1 on Thursday and Poland won comfortably against Estonia: 5-1. The all-deciding match will be played in Cardiff.


Tuesday March 26 at 5:34 PM

4aaa97969c.jpg

Today, several important matches are scheduled for Dutch football fans. Naturally, the Dutch national team will travel to Frankfurt for the practice match against Germany, but Ronald Koeman’s team will also know after tonight who the third opponent in the group stage of the European Championship will be. Wales and Poland play the all-deciding match today.

Beeld: Getty Images


Lees meer over:

EK voetbal Voetbal


The article is in Dutch

Tags: Live European Championship playoffs Wales Poland competing place Orange group

-

NEXT Former Taiwan President Ma leaves for China, likely to meet Xi -April 1, 2024 at 5:39 am