Never in their history have the blue-yellows made it through the playoffs of World Cup qualification.
Having lost to Wales in the final playoff match of the 2022 World Cup qualification, Ukraine continued its sad streak in the World Cup qualifiers. Never in their history have the blue-yellows been able to pass this round of qualification, although they had five attempts. Sport Arena – about the numbers of the match Wales – Ukraine.
See also: Wales – Ukraine. Goal video and match review
Never in its history, the Ukrainian national team could not overcome the playoff round of qualification for the World Cup. At the same time, the blue-yellows had five attempts: in 1997, in 2001, 2009, in 2013 and 2021.
The first the official match was won by Wales against the Ukrainian team. Previously, two official matches of the blue-yellows with the Welsh ended in a draw.
First the Ukrainian team under the leadership of Oleksandr Petrakov was defeated. The coach has nine matches with the national team: three wins, five draws and a defeat.
Second once in the history of defeat with a score of 0:1, the Ukrainian team was enough to miss the final part of the World Cup. This happened for the first time in November 2009, when the Blue-and-Yellows lost with such a score at home in Donetsk, Greece after a goalless away draw.
Third Andriy Yarmolenko became the football player who scored an own goal in the national team match. Earlier, a similar “football misfortune” happened to Oleg Gusev and Vitaly Mikolenko.
Join the Club: #Yarmolenko – the third Ukrainian football player, who scored the goal for #choice. Fronts – #Mikolenko that #Gusev pic.twitter.com/HOfBKjsrl7
— Artur Valerko :: Artur Valerko (@ArchieValerko) June 5, 2022
16 years have passed since the last and so far the only participation of Ukraine in the final part of the World Cup: the blue-yellows played at the World Cup in 2006.
24 kicks on goal were caused by the players of the Ukrainian national team in the match against Wales. There were nine on target. Welsh indicators: nine hits, two on target.
30th Wales entered the final stage of the 2022 World Cup. For the “full set”, it remains to determine two participants who will be known after the matches Costa Rica – New Zealand and AFC Representative – Peru.
64 years ago, in 1958, Wales played in the final of the World Cup for the last time.
79th The defeat in history was the failure of the Ukrainian team in the match with Wales. In total, the blue-yellows played 293 matches, 134 – won, 80 – ended in a draw.
Source: Sportarena
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