Hope for Yarmolenko and pleasant memories
5 June at Cardiff City Stadium national team of Ukraines in the final play-off match of the 2022 World Cup qualification will play with the Wales national team. This will be the fourth ever match. Wales – Ukraine and the first – with such a high price. Sport Arena has collected 10 facts about the upcoming match.
One a victory and two draws – this is the result of the blue-yellows in the previous three matches against Wales. The victory was won in a friendly match, draws were recorded in official fights, as part of the selection for the 2022 World Cup.
Three goals scored in the semi-final match of the current 2022 World Cup qualification play-offs with Scotland – the best result of the Ukrainian team in terms of the number of goals scored in one match at this stage of selection. Previously, the Ukrainians managed to score two goals each against France (the playoffs for the 2014 World Cup) and Slovenia (the playoffs for the Euro 2016). At the same time, the blue-yellows played four matches without goals scored in the playoffs, three without conceded goals.
Three victories in 13 matches of the playoffs of the qualification of the World and European Championships were won by the Ukrainian team. At the same time, the blue-yellows lost five matches and drew five matches. Ukraine has not lost in the last three playoff matches.
Four times the Ukrainian national team took part in the play-off matches of the World Cup qualification. So far, all attempts have failed: in 1997, the blue-yellows lost to Croatia, in 2001 to Germany, in 2009 to Greece, in 2013 to France.
Four Andrei Yarmolenko scored a goal in the play-off matches of the World and European Championship qualifications. The ex-midfielder of West Ham is the best scorer of the Ukrainian national team at this stage of qualification. Three goals in the playoff rounds in the assets of Andriy Shevchenko.
Fifth Oleksandr Petrakov became the coach under whose leadership the Ukrainian national team plays in the playoffs of the qualifications for the World and European Championships. Jozsef Szabo and Mikhail Fomenko have two playoffs each, Alexei Mikhailichenko and Valery Lobanovsky have one each.
Seventh once Ukraine takes part in the playoffs of the European and World Championship qualifications. So far, one attempt has been successful – in 2015, the blue-yellows beat Slovenia on aggregate in two matches for the right to play at Euro 2016.
Eight football players were scored as part of the Ukrainian national team in the playoff matches of the World and European Championship qualifications. In addition to the already mentioned Yarmolenko and Shevchenko, Rebrov, Zubov, Zozulya, Seleznev, Dovbik and Yaremchuk have managed to do this so far, scoring a goal each.
13 goals scored by the Ukrainian national team in the playoff matches. Missed blue-yellow at this stage 17 goals.
eighteen Wales is ranked in the FIFA World Cup Rankings. Of the rivals of the Ukrainian national team, which is on the 27th position in the world ranking table, only France was higher in the current qualification – the third position.
Source: Sportarena
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