|
Rank |
FIFA (23rd May 2021)
24th
EFO ranking
Group 8
ELO rating
21st to 24th |
Colours |
Made by Joma - Yellow crew-necked jerseys with yellow/blue
collar/cuffs with an outline of Ukraine territory graphic on front,
yellow shorts, yellow socks. |
Captain |
Andriy Yarmolenko |
Head Coach |
Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko, 44 (29
September 1976), appointed 15 July 2016.
|
51st & final match, W 25 - D 13 - L 13 - F 71 - A 61. resigned 1
August 2021 |
Ukraine Lineup |
1 |
Buschan,
Heorhiy
M. |
27 33 days |
31 May 1994 |
G |
FC Dynamo Kyiv |
11 |
0 |
13 |
Zabarnyi, Illya
B. |
18 305 days |
1 September 2002 |
RD |
FC Dynamo Kyiv |
13 |
0 |
4 |
Kryvtsov, Serhiy A., injured off 35th min.
(34:45) |
30 110 days |
15 March 1991 |
CD |
FC
Shakhtar Donetsk |
25 |
0 |
22 |
Matviyenko,
Mykola
O. |
25 62 days |
2 May 1996 |
LD |
FC
Shakhtar Donetsk |
41 |
0 |
21 |
Karavayev, Oleksandr
O. |
29 31 days |
2 June 1992 |
RWB |
FC Dynamo Kyiv |
38 |
1 |
10 |
Shaparenko, Mykola
V. |
22 272 days |
4 October 1998 |
RM/ RCM |
FC Dynamo Kyiv |
17 |
0 |
5 |
Sydorchuk, Serhiy
O., off 64th min. |
30 62 days |
2 May 1991 |
CM |
FC Dynamo Kyiv |
41 |
3 |
17 |
Zinchenko, Oleksandr
V. |
24 200 days |
15 December 1996 |
LM/ AM |
Manchester City FC, England |
44 |
7 |
16 |
Mykolenko,
Vitaliy
S. |
22 35 days |
29 May 1999 |
LWB |
FC Dynamo Kyiv |
19 |
0 |
7 |
Yarmolenko, Andriy
M. |
31 253 days |
23 October 1989
in Leningrad, USSR |
RF/ RAM |
West Ham United FC, England |
99 |
42 |
9 |
Yaremchuk, Roman
O. |
25 218 days |
27 November 1995 |
LF/CF |
KAA Gent, Belgium |
29 |
10 |
Ukraine
Substitutes |
scoreline:
Ukraine 0 England 1 |
15 |
Tsyhankov, Viktor
V., on 35th min.
(34:55) for Kryvstov |
23 230 days |
15 November 1997 in
Nahariya, Israel |
LAM |
FC Dynamo Kyiv |
29 |
6 |
scoreline:
Ukraine 0 England 4 |
14 |
Makarenko,
Yevhenii O., on 64th min.
(63:22) for Sydorchuk |
30 43 days |
21 May 1991 |
LCM |
RSC Anderlecht, Belgium |
14 |
0 |
result:
Ukraine 0 England 4 |
unused
substitutes: |
2-Eduard Sobol, 3-Heorhiy
Sudakov, 6-Taras Stepanenko, 11-Marlos, 12-Andriy Pyatov, 18-Roman Bezus, 20-Oleksandr Zubkov, 23-Anatoliy Trubin,
24-Oleksandr Tymchyk,
26-Artem Dobvyk. |
team
notes: |
Serhiy Ktyvstov injured himself stooping for a low header (31:35)
unchallenged and landing awkwardly. He battled on for another minute,
repelling two English attacks before eventually collapsing (32:36) and
being replaced by Tsyhankov. Heorhiy
Sudakov,
Oleksandr Tymchyk
and Artem Dobvyk were all ready to replace their
teammates, from 87:12, until Brych blew the final whistle on
time. |
records: |
This is only the second time that Ukraine have made it to
quarter-final stage of any Major Competition. They reached the World
Cup Finals quarter-final in 2006, at their first attempt. This is
their joint heaviest defeat at a major tournament - having lost to
Spain in 2006. This is their eleventh European Championship Final
match, and they have conceded a goal in every one. |
Head Coach Andriy Shevchenko played
for the Ukraine against England and their very first meeting, May 2000.
Captain in August 2004. He was then a goalscoring substitute in their first
competitive meeting between the countries, April 2009, missing a penalty
kick in October 2009. Making his fifth and final appearance against England
in the Euro 2012 defeat in June 2012. |
|
3-5-2 2-4-3-1 after 34 minutes |
Buschan - Zabarnyi, Kryvtsov
(Tsyhankov), Matviyenko
- Karavayev, Shaparenko, Sydorchuk
(Makarenko),
Zinchenko, Mykolenko - Yarmolenko, Yaremchuk
notes: Tsyhankov went to the top
of
(L) midfield, along with
Zinchenko (A) and Yarmolenko (R), in front of Mykolenko (L),
Makarenko (LC), Shaparenko (RC) and Karavayev (R). |
Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
26
years 46 days |
Appearances/Goals |
30.9 |
5.7 |
|
|
Rank |
FIFA (27th May 2021)
4th
EFO ranking
Group One (3rd)
ELO rating 8th to 6th |
Colours |
The Nike 2020 home uniform -
White crew-necked jerseys with
navy blue collar and side trim,
navy blue shorts with pale blue side stripe, white socks. |
Captain |
Harry Kane |
Manager |
Gareth Southgate, 50 (3 September 1970), appointed caretaker manager on 27 September 2016, appointed as permanent manager on 30 November
2016.
|
³⁰
most goals as captain |
37th of 75, W 24 - D 6 - L 7 - F 81 - A 28 |
|
Jordan Henderson
72:10 |
P 59th of 102, W 38 - D
11 - L 10 - F 119 - A 38 |
England
Lineup |
|
|
two changes to the previous match (Sancho and Mount
for Saka and Trippier) |
league position
(FINAL POSITIONS) |
|
|
1 |
Pickford, Jordan L. |
27 118 days |
7 March 1994 |
G |
Everton FC
(PL 10th) |
36 |
27ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Walker, Kyle
A. |
31 36 days |
28 May 1990 |
RB |
Manchester City FC
(PL CHAMPIONS) |
59 |
0 |
5 |
Stones, John |
27 36 days |
28 May 1994 |
RCD |
Manchester City FC
(PL CHAMPIONS) |
47 |
2 |
6
|
Maguire, J. Harry |
28 120 days |
5 March 1993 |
LCD |
Manchester United FC
(PL RU) |
35 |
4 |
3
|
Shaw, Luke P.H., off 65th min. |
25 356 days |
12 July 1995 |
LB |
Manchester United FC
(PL RU) |
14 |
0 |
14 |
Phillips, Kalvin M., off 65th min. |
25 213 days |
2 December 1995 |
RDM |
Leeds United AFC
(PL 9th) |
13 |
0 |
4 |
Rice, Declan, off 57th min. |
22 170 days |
14 January 1999 |
LDM |
West Ham United FC
(PL 6th) |
22 |
1 |
17 |
Sancho, Jadon M. |
21 102 days |
25 March 2000 |
RAM |
Bsv Borussia 09 Dortmund, Germany
(BL 3rd) |
21 |
3 |
19
|
Mount, Mason T. |
22 174 days |
10 January 1999 |
AM |
Chelsea FC
(PL 4th) |
19 |
4 |
10
|
Sterling, Raheem S.,
off 65th min. |
26 207 days |
8 December 1994
in Kingston, Jamaica |
LAM |
Manchester City FC
(PL CHAMPIONS) |
66 |
17 |
9 |
Kane, Harry E., off 73rd min. |
27 340 days |
28 July 1993 |
CF |
Tottenham Hotspur FC
(PL 7th) |
59 |
37 |
|
the 364th
(231st post-war)
brace scored |
England
Substitutes |
scoreline:
Ukraine 0 England 3 |
8
|
Henderson, Jordan B.,
on 57th min. (56:24) for Rice |
31 16 days |
17 June 1990 |
LDM /DM |
Liverpool FC
(PL 3rd) |
62 |
43 |
1 |
19 |
|
97th goal scored by an England
substitute |
second most appearanced Liverpool
player |
scoreline:
Ukraine 0 England 4 |
12 |
Trippier, Kieran J., on 65th min.
(64:05) for Shaw |
30 287 days |
19 September 1990 |
LB |
Club Atlético de Madrid, Spain
(LL CHAMPIONS) |
31 |
26 |
1 |
5 |
11 |
Rashford, Marcus, on 65th min.
(64:16) for Sterling |
23
245 days |
31 October 1997 |
RAM |
Manchester United FC
(PL RU) |
45 |
21 |
11 |
24 |
26 |
Bellingham, Jude V.W., on 65th min.
(64:44) for Phillips |
18 4 days |
29 June 2003 |
AM |
Bsv Borussia 09 Dortmund, Germany
(BL 3rd) |
7 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
18 |
Calvert-Lewin, Dominic N., on
73rd
min. (72:33) for Kane |
24 109 days |
16 March 1997 |
LF |
Everton FC
(PL 10th) |
11 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
final app
2020-21 |
result:
Ukraine 0 England 4 |
unused
substitutes: |
7-Jack Grealish, 13-Aaron
Ramsdale, 15-Tyrone Mings, 16-Conor Coady, 20-Phil Foden,
21-Ben Chilwell, 23-Sam Johnstone. |
youth notes: |
England and
Ukraine have met several times in
youth level matches
featuring the participating players. Jordan Pickford and Raheem
Sterling played in the under-16s fixture in March 2010, Sterling
scored.
Harry Kane was a substitute when the under-17s met a month earlier.
Luke Shaw started the March 2012 fixture, and Mason Mount also started
when they met in March 2016. Jadon Sancho then started, and
also scored, when
they met in the Finals of May 2017. Kyle Walker started the group
match and in the Final against Ukraine in the under-19s Finals in July-August
2009. Kieran Trippier also started in the Final and Pickford started
the October 2012 fixture. Walker also started in the under-21s
Finals in June 2011, along with Jordan Henderson. Dominic
Calvert-Lewin was a substitute in the November 2017 fixture, but
did start the return match five months later. |
captain
records: |
Harry Kane is now equal with Tony Adams (5) in most European
Championship Final captaincies. |
manager records: |
This is Gareth Southgate's 44th competitive match in charge of
England, a new record. |
records: |
England have kept seven consecutive clean sheets for the first time
(662 minutes), beating the previous record of six (1966-67 (a record
709 mins), 1974-75 (639), 1983 (643) and 2006 (630))
No other country has kept clean sheets in their first five European
Championship Finals matches. Not since the 1965-66 season have
England played eighteen matches in one season, and not since then have
they won fourteen matches in a single season.
This
is England's 200th competitive (WC, EC & NL) win. Harry
Kane is the tenth different England player to score against the
Ukraine, and the first to score more than one. Jordan
Henderson is equal with
Rio Ferdinand in becoming the most experienced player to score their
first goal for England. Both getting their first on their 62nd
appearance. |
Manager Gareth Southgate played for England against Ukraine in their
very first meeting, May 2000. |
|
4-2-3-1 |
Pickford - Walker, Stones, Maguire, Shaw (Trippier)
- Phillips (Bellingham), Rice
(Henderson) - Sancho, Mount, Sterling (Rashford)
- Kane (Calvert-Lewin)
notes: when Bellingham came on, he took up
an attacking midfield role, with Henderson behind him. |
Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
26
years 6 days |
Appearances/Goals |
35.5 |
5.8 |
|
Have you
ever sat
through an England game, so relaxed and confident of victory, than this
match against Ukraine? I don’t know about you, but usually I am fraught
with anxiety and anguish when we play such a vital game, but not this
time. What a performance that was! England won the toss and decided to bat, oh no,
sorry, wrong sport!
But, boy oh boy, did the openers do well.
England began
brightly, and in only the fourth minute, Raheem Sterling picked up
possession on the left, cut inside, and threaded a wonderful pass into the
path of Harry Kane, 12 yards out.
Was Harry back to his best, you bet he
was, as he prodded the ball past the goalkeeper to give his team the
perfect start.
The goal laid the foundation for the
rest of the match as England’s confidence grew and grew.
To be fair, Ukraine then had a
spell of good possession, but the England unit, and that is exactly what
it was, had no intention of giving their opponents any hint of their goal,
closing down quickly and effectively. Ukraine managed a couple of attacks down the wings,
but as soon as the crosses came in, the England defenders cleared the
danger. The only real scare came in the 19th
minute when Kyle Walker’s loose pass allowed Roman Yaremchuk a run at goal
coming in from the left. Just for a moment, the heart missed a beat, but
there was Jordan Pickford to dive to his right to shovel the shot round a
post for a corner. The chance had come from an England mistake, and it
was a narrow squeak, but as it turned out, it would be the nearest Ukraine
would get to a goal.
On 22 minutes a positive break by
Jadon Sancho worked the ball to Sterling who then combined with the
rejuvenated Luke Shaw down the left, for the Manchester United full-back
to pull back a glorious ball across the box from the bye-line. Unfortunately, there was no England player following
up and Ukraine cleared the danger. Six minutes later Shaw sent in an excellent
free-kick which Kane met with his head, but cleared the crossbar with the
header. It was good to see this improved delivery from
set-pieces though, one of the few weaknesses from England’s early games in
the tournament. They have obviously put in some serious work on the
training ground.
England came very close to a second goal on 33 minutes
after more fine approach play by Sterling. The ball went into the box but was only cleared to
the onrushing Declan Rice who hit a screamer on target, only for the
goalkeeper, Heorhiy Buschan to parry the ball away, and then cleared as
England players tried to pounce on the rebound. On a break shortly afterwards, Ukraine attacked down
the left, but the England central defenders, dominant throughout, cleared
any possible thought of danger. Sancho, looking very lively, was next to come close. Shaw again broke clear and his cross was gathered by
Sancho with his back to goal. A quick turn and shot again brought the best out of
Buschan, but it would have been to no avail as Shaw had been flagged
offside. The rest of the half played out with England
comfortably holding their lead at the break, although my notes did say
that we needed that second goal.
A minute after the restart we all
got our wish granted. A free-kick on the left was beautifully flighted in
by Shaw, and there was the immense figure of Harry Maguire to power home a
terrific unstoppable header. Was it a dream? Had we just woken up from our slumbers? No, it was all true and it was the England team that
was in dreamland! It couldn’t get any better could it? It certainly could, and four minutes later England
made it 3-0. Once again it was Shaw at the heart of things as his
cross came in from the left to give Kane a downwards header that flew
through the goalkeeper’s legs. The England players, and the few England fans that
had managed to get into the stadium were ecstatic, as were the many
millions watching at home.
To calm things down England then
had to concentrate for a while as Ukraine had a spell of good possession,
but England’s work ethic in closing players down was outstanding and it
meant that the Ukraine players had nowhere to go.
Gareth Southgate, who it must be
said has made all the right decisions so far, decided to bring on Jordan
Henderson for Rice, who had again played well. Rice’s booking in the Germany game would probably
have been in Southgate’s thoughts at that moment. He wanted the player available for any possible
semi-final match.
England continued with their dominant play, and just as it
felt against Germany that their opponents often seemed to have an extra
man, this time it was Ukraine who must have thought that. On 62 minutes England came so close to a fourth
goal. As the ball looped up to Kane on the edge of the box
in the inside-left position, the Spurs man hit a perfect volley at goal. It had to be a goal and a magnificent hat-trick, but
no, the save of the game by Buschan prevented the celebrations becoming even louder. Football at its best though.
The icing on the cake came seconds later from the resultant
corner after Bushan’s save. Mason Mount’s cross was met by a brilliant glancing
header from Henderson, to his absolute joy scoring the goal he so much
wanted. He had finally broken his scoring duck after 62
internationals for his country.
A standing ovation for Shaw with
just over 20 minutes to go, as Southgate brought him off, along with
Sterling and Phillips, who was also on a booking, and on came Kieran
Trippier, Marcus Rashford and Jude Bellingham as replacements. One of the big strengths of this England squad is
the quality they have on the bench, and there was still Phil Foden, Jack
Grealish and others to call upon if necessary. An embarrassment of riches for the Manager. Rashford’s first action saw him win a corner, but
this time the cross was too high for Maguire. Pickford mis-kicked a clearance, which brought a
little scare, and then Kane went off to be replaced by Dominic Calvert-Lewin. On 74 minutes Yevhenii Makarenko fired in a fierce
shot, which Pickford blocked, although none too convincingly. However, the goalkeeper did keep his clean sheet
intact, something very precious to him. His kicking, often his strong point, had let him
down a little in this match, and he fluffed another clearance before
gathering the ball safely. He had saved anything that did come his way though.
England were still closing the Ukrainians down really well in the closing
stages, a testament to their fitness It was easy for England to play out the remaining time, as Ukraine
were a spent force. They knew they
had been well and truly beaten by this England team, who now face a mighty
match against Denmark back at Wembley in the semi-final.
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