Online text broadcast of the match Italy – Ukraine live
Today, September 12, at 21:45 Kyiv time, in the match of the 5th round of qualification Euro 2024 meet Italy And Ukraine. The match will take place in Milan, at the legendary San Siro (Giuseppe Meazza).
Good evening! Sport Arena welcomes you to the online match of the 2024 European Championship qualifying tournament. Italy hosts Ukraine! The broadcast is hosted by Alexander Tsvirk.
Perhaps the key moment of the entire qualifying tournament. The outcome of the confrontation in Milan will not decide the fate here and now, but a lot depends on it: will Italy continue to be the favorite or, on the contrary, will Ukraine be able to dictate its terms?
Italy – Ukraine: layouts
Italy is the favorite “on paper” (8th place in the FIFA rankings versus 24th) and in terms of the formal level of players (the estimated average cost of a football player is 26.2 million euros versus 11.7 for Ukraine). But the truth is that right now the Squadra Azzurra is in a deep, protracted crisis.
Not so long ago, Italy won the European Championship (against England in the final!) and set a record streak of 37 victories. But she failed to qualify for the World Cup in 2022 and for the first time in history missed two World Cups in a row! These are the contrasts. To top it all off, Mancini’s men made an unconvincing start to Euro qualifying. And the coach who led the Azzurri for four years left his post.
Italy and Ukraine in Group C are separated by only three points, and the Apennines played a match less. It seems that there is nothing critical for the team, which has been led by Luciano Spalletti since August. However, it is worth keeping in mind that on two occasions Italy performed worse than Ukraine, its main competitor in the fight for 2nd place: it lost at home to England (Rebrov’s team took a point in a similar situation) and did not beat North Macedonia away (blue-yellow from Skopje left with a victory).
Accordingly, the hosts need a victory today that is bleeding from their noses. In any other case, Squadra Azzurra will no longer be the mistress of the situation. Ukraine will be able to conduct the remaining fights from a position of strategic strength.
Italy – Ukraine: personnel
On top of that, the Italian team also has significant personnel problems. In the last couple of days alone, three main players (Gianluca Mancini, Matteo Politano, Sandro Tonali) and a couple of minor players (Ivan Provedel, Leonardo Spinazzola) have been out due to injuries.
Even before the match in Skopje, the Italian team lost creative midfielders Federico Chiesa and Lorenzo Pellegrini due to injuries. In addition, Spalletti’s initial list did not include some experienced players – defenders Leonardo Bonucci and Francesco Acerbi, midfielders Jorginho and Marco Verratti.
Compared to the squad against England, Ukraine has one loss. Due to an exacerbation of a chronic Achilles tendon problem, central defender Nikolai Matvienko will not help the team. But winger Aleksandr Zubkov has recovered from the injury and is in the lineup for the game. Even earlier, central midfielder Nikolai Shaparenko and right back Alexander Tymchik dropped out due to injury.
Referee of the match Italy – Ukraine
The match will be officiated by a Spanish team of referees led by Alejandro Hernandez Hernandez. Jose Naranjo and Diego Sanchez Rojo will work on the line. The fourth official is Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz. Video assistants will be Carlos del Cerro Grande and Guillermo Cuadra.
Hernandez, 40, has refereed official matches for senior national teams 10 times. Issued 34 yellow cards, one red, and once awarded a penalty.
This referee has not previously met with the senior Ukrainian national team. But under him, our national U-19 team under the leadership of Alexander Petrakov beat their peers from Romania in 2018 (2:1). The main central defender of that team was Vitaly Mikolenko.
Broadcast of the Euro 2024 qualifying match between Italy and Ukraine will be available on the Megogo platform and regional channels “Suspilne”.
Pre-match quotes
Only 1.53 – this is the odds for a clear victory for the Italian team. You can bet on the success of the home team with a handicap (-1) for 1.87. Non-loss of the Ukrainian team (double chance X2) – offer for 2.76. You can bet on both teams scoring for 2.05.
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Italy – Ukraine: starting lineups
Three days ago, Ukraine managed to defend a draw against England (1:1) in a difficult match. Let’s remember how it happened.
Euro 2024 qualification. 6th round
12 September 2023, 21:45. Stadium: San Siro (Milan)
Referee: Alejandro Hernandez (Spain)
Italy – Ukraine
Watch online text broadcast of the match Italy – Ukraine
Team lineups!
Italy (4-3-3): Donnarumma – Di Lorenzo, Scalvini, Bastoni, Dimarco – Barella, Locatelli, Frattesi – Zaniolo, Raspadori, Zaccagni
Ukraine (4-1-4-1): Buschan – Hemp, Zabarny, Krivtsov, Mykolenko – Stepanenko – Yarmolenko, Sudakov, Zinchenko, Tsygankov – Dovbik
Hello friends! We invite you to a text online of the most important qualifying match for the 2024 European Championship, where Italy and Ukraine will compete for second place in Group C in a live battle. The hosts only need a victory. The guests would be strategically happy with a draw, but if possible they should try to snag three points. The match will begin at 21:45.
Source: Sportarena
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