Ukraine v North Macedonia, 17 June 2021

Score2-1 to Ukraine
RefereeFernando Rapallini
CompetitionUEFA European Championship Group C
VenueArena Națională, Bucharest
Attendance10,001

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Kick-off: 4.00pm local Attendance limited due to COVID-19 restrictions. Assistant referees: Juan Pablo Belatti (ARG) and Diego Yamil Bonfa (ARG) Fourth official: Slavko Vinčić (SVN) Video Assistant Referee: Alejandro Hernández (ESP) This was match no. 18 of the pan-Europe Euro 2020 tournament. This was the fifth meeting between Ukraine and North Macedonia; most recently in qualifying for Euro 2016 when Ukraine won 1-0 in Lviv and 2-0 in Skopje. Referee Fernando Rapallini from Argentina became the first South American to take chage of a game in the European Championships. As part of an exchange programme between UEFA and CONMEBOL, Spain's Jesus Gil Manzano would also officiate at the current Copa America tournament in Brazil.

2 Ukraine

Manager: Andriy Shevchenko

1 North Macedonia

Manager: Igor Angelovski

Goals:

Andriy Yarmolenko 29 G
Roman Yaremchuk 34 G

Goals:

Ezgjan Alioski 57 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Georhiy Bushchan
Defender Mykola Matviyenko
Defender Vitaliy Mykolenko
Defender Illia Zabarnyi
Defender/Midfielder Olexsandr Karavaev
Defender/Midfielder Taras Stepanenko
Defender/Midfielder Olexsandr Zinchenko
Midfielder Ruslan Malinovskyi
Midfielder Mykola Shaparenko
Midfielder/Forward Andriy Yarmolenko (captain)
Forward Roman Yaremchuk

Starting lineup:

Stole Dimitrievski Goalkeeper
Visar Musliu Defender
Stefan Ristovski Defender
Arijan Ademi Defender/Midfielder
Ezgjan Alioski Defender/Midfielder
Darko Velkovski Defender/Midfielder
Enis Bardhi Midfielder
Boban Nikolov Midfielder
Stefan Spirovski Midfielder
Eljif Elmas Midfielder/Forward
Goran Pandev Forward (captain)

Substitutions:

Artem Biesiedin for Roman Yaremchuk 70
Viktor Tsygankov for Andriy Yarmolenko 70
Serhiy Sydorchuk for Mykola Shaparenko 78
Eduard Sobol for Ruslan Malinovskyi 90

Substitutions:

Darko Churlinov for Stefan Spirovski 46
Aleksandr Trajkovski for Boban Nikolov 46
Daniel Avramovski for Enis Bardhi 77
Kire Ristevski for Arijan Ademi 85
Ivan Tričkovski for Darko Velkovski 85

Cards:

Mykola Shaparenko 43 Y

Cards:

Darko Velkovski 59 Y
Daniel Avramovski 83 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Andrey Pyatov
Goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin
Defender Serhiy Kryvtsov
Defender/Midfielder Yevhenii Makarenko
Defender/Midfielder Eduard Sobol
Defender/Midfielder Oleksandr Tymchyk
Midfielder Marlos
Midfielder Georgiy Sudakov
Midfielder Serhiy Sydorchuk
Midfielder/Forward Viktor Tsygankov
Forward Artem Biesiedin
Forward Artem Dovbyk

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Risto Jankov
Goalkeeper Damjan Siskovski
Defender Egzon Bejtulai
Defender Kire Ristevski
Midfielder Daniel Avramovski
Midfielder Tihomir Kostadinov
Midfielder/Forward Darko Churlinov
Midfielder/Forward Ferhan Hasani
Forward Marjan Radeski
Forward Milan Ristovski
Forward Aleksandr Trajkovski
Forward Ivan Tričkovski

Comments:

Ukraine had lost their last six games at UEFA European Championship finals; the joint-longest such run in the competition along with Yugoslavia. Ukraine scored in the first-half of a game at the UEFA European Championship finals for the first time (played eight). Ukraine were awarded a penalty after 83 minutes for handball following a VAR review. Ruslan Malinovskyi's spot-kick was saved. Only one of the five penalties awarded so far at Euro 2020 had now been converted.

Comments:

This was North Macedonia's second game at a major tournament. Previously, they had not finished higher than fourth in their qualifying groups for a UEFA European Championship or FIFA World Cup. Including friendlies, North Macedonia had now scored in 14 of their 15 games so far in the 2020-21 season. When the nation’s record appearance holder Goran Pandev made his debut for North Macedonia in June 2001, Eljif Elmas – his strike partner in this game – was a one-year-old.

2 Ukraine

Manager: Andriy Shevchenko

Goals:

Andriy Yarmolenko 29 G
Roman Yaremchuk 34 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Georhiy Bushchan
Defender Mykola Matviyenko
Defender Vitaliy Mykolenko
Defender Illia Zabarnyi
Defender/Midfielder Olexsandr Karavaev
Defender/Midfielder Taras Stepanenko
Defender/Midfielder Olexsandr Zinchenko
Midfielder Ruslan Malinovskyi
Midfielder Mykola Shaparenko
Midfielder/Forward Andriy Yarmolenko (captain)
Forward Roman Yaremchuk

Substitutions:

Artem Biesiedin for Roman Yaremchuk 70
Viktor Tsygankov for Andriy Yarmolenko 70
Serhiy Sydorchuk for Mykola Shaparenko 78
Eduard Sobol for Ruslan Malinovskyi 90

Cards:

Mykola Shaparenko 43 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Andrey Pyatov
Goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin
Defender Serhiy Kryvtsov
Defender/Midfielder Yevhenii Makarenko
Defender/Midfielder Eduard Sobol
Defender/Midfielder Oleksandr Tymchyk
Midfielder Marlos
Midfielder Georgiy Sudakov
Midfielder Serhiy Sydorchuk
Midfielder/Forward Viktor Tsygankov
Forward Artem Biesiedin
Forward Artem Dovbyk

Comments:

Ukraine had lost their last six games at UEFA European Championship finals; the joint-longest such run in the competition along with Yugoslavia. Ukraine scored in the first-half of a game at the UEFA European Championship finals for the first time (played eight). Ukraine were awarded a penalty after 83 minutes for handball following a VAR review. Ruslan Malinovskyi's spot-kick was saved. Only one of the five penalties awarded so far at Euro 2020 had now been converted.

1 North Macedonia

Manager: Igor Angelovski

Goals:

Ezgjan Alioski 57 G

Starting lineup:

Stole Dimitrievski Goalkeeper
Visar Musliu Defender
Stefan Ristovski Defender
Arijan Ademi Defender/Midfielder
Ezgjan Alioski Defender/Midfielder
Darko Velkovski Defender/Midfielder
Enis Bardhi Midfielder
Boban Nikolov Midfielder
Stefan Spirovski Midfielder
Eljif Elmas Midfielder/Forward
Goran Pandev Forward (captain)

Substitutions:

Darko Churlinov for Stefan Spirovski 46
Aleksandr Trajkovski for Boban Nikolov 46
Daniel Avramovski for Enis Bardhi 77
Kire Ristevski for Arijan Ademi 85
Ivan Tričkovski for Darko Velkovski 85

Cards:

Darko Velkovski 59 Y
Daniel Avramovski 83 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Risto Jankov
Goalkeeper Damjan Siskovski
Defender Egzon Bejtulai
Defender Kire Ristevski
Midfielder Daniel Avramovski
Midfielder Tihomir Kostadinov
Midfielder/Forward Darko Churlinov
Midfielder/Forward Ferhan Hasani
Forward Marjan Radeski
Forward Milan Ristovski
Forward Aleksandr Trajkovski
Forward Ivan Tričkovski

Comments:

This was North Macedonia's second game at a major tournament. Previously, they had not finished higher than fourth in their qualifying groups for a UEFA European Championship or FIFA World Cup. Including friendlies, North Macedonia had now scored in 14 of their 15 games so far in the 2020-21 season. When the nation’s record appearance holder Goran Pandev made his debut for North Macedonia in June 2001, Eljif Elmas – his strike partner in this game – was a one-year-old.