U21 SOCCER SPAIN UKRAINE | Abel Ruiz saves a tie that leaves the team leader

2023-06-27 23:37:56

spain the leadership of the group was played this Tuesday against Ukraine and with it avoid France in the quarterfinals. Santi Denia decided to give an option to the less common ones, only Sancet he repeated because Veiga was in trouble, and the starters rested.

Also Ukrainea selection greatly affected by the guerra that there is in his country after the invasion of Russia, changed nine starters for this match against the Spanish.

disallowed goal

After 20 minutes, a rude call from the Ukrainian goalkeeper Neshcheret on 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 canceled 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.

Ukraine strikes first

Another bad assignment from a rival 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 counterattack by Nazarenko it ended with a header from Viunnyk who beat Julen Agirrezabala to leave the score 0-1.

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The second half, with Ukraine already equipped with a line of five, started with a Zhelizko’s own goal after center of 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.

The Majorcan player committed one unnecessary penalty in the 80th minute on a long ball that he did not control well Guillamón and the goalkeeper needed a Ukrainian striker. Sudakovthe Shakhtar player and full international, led Ukraine with ten minutes to go.

in the last breath

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Spain lost the lead, forcing it to move of 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, He cut 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 coconuts of the tournament. This Wednesday it will be known who is the second in group D, who will be measured on Saturday.