Online text broadcast of the match Malta – Ukraine live
Today, October 17, at 21:45 Kyiv time, in the match of the 8th round of qualification Euro 2024 meet Malta And Ukraine. The match will take place in Ta Qali, at the National Stadium.
Good evening! Sport Arena welcomes you to the online match of the 2024 European Championship qualifying tournament. Malta hosts Ukraine! The broadcast is hosted by Alexander Tsvirk.
A match in which Sergei Rebrov’s team needs to score three points. The maximum task is to win big in order to improve the goal difference in the correspondence match with Italy.
Malta – Ukraine: layouts
The layout is simple. Malta is an outsider in Group C without a single point scored. Ukraine is a fighter for direct access to the 2024 European Championship. In a parallel match, the Blue-and-Yellows’ main competitor, the Italian team, is playing away against group leader England. For the British, victory guarantees a ticket to the Euro. The defeat of Italy and the simultaneous victory of Ukraine will allow the teams of Rebrov and Spalletti to be equal in terms of lost points.
The task “with an asterisk” is not just to win, but to do it with as large a score as possible in order to have a theoretical advantage in terms of additional indicators. If Ukraine approaches the decisive head-to-head confrontation with Italy on November 20 with a better goal-conceded difference, it will be able to afford to play for a draw.
But it’s too early to talk about this; first we need to take the seemingly obligatory three points. This will probably not be very easy to do, bearing in mind how Rebrov’s team suffered with an outsider in the “home match” on June 19. Let us remember that then our team achieved a difficult victory with a minimal score. And now the head coach does not delude himself, expecting a difficult game.
The Malta national team is by no means a “punching bag” a la San Marino. It is coached by the Italian Michele Marcolini, who worked at the Serie B level. Its roster includes players from recent European championships – France and Portugal. Finally, the Reds sometimes produce decent results: over the past two years they have won victories over Israel, Luxembourg, Azerbaijan and Cyprus, and a draw with Greece.
Malta – Ukraine: personnel
Marcolini has currently assembled all the strongest players, with the exception of the experienced Ferdinando Apapa and Luke Gambin, as well as attacking players Sean Dimech and Alexander Satariano.
There are a number of holes in the Ukrainian national team. These are the injured Sergei Krivtsov, Nikolai Shaparenko, Viktor Tsygankov and Andrei Yarmolenko, as well as the disqualified Ruslan Malinovsky. Besides them, the experienced Taras Stepanenko was not included in the lineup for the reporting match. But Sunderland forward Nazariy Rusin may make his debut for the national team.
Refereeing of the match Malta – Ukraine
The main referee of the meeting was appointed Morten Krogh from Denmark. Krogh’s assistants will be his compatriots Dennis Wallenberg Rasmussen and Steffen Bramsen. The fourth referee is Mikkel Redder.
Krog is 35 years old. At the level of adult national teams, he managed to referee two official matches (European Championship selection, Nations League), in which he showed six yellow cards and one red card.
Pre-match quotes
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Malta – Ukraine: starting lineups
We invite you to remember how the Blue and Yellows suffered with the Reds in Trnava 4 months ago. The victory was then brought to the favorite by Tsygankov’s goal from the penalty spot.
Euro 2024 qualification. Group C. 8th round
17 October 2023, 21:45. Stadium: National (Ta-Qali)
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)
Malta – Ukraine
Watch online text broadcast of the match Malta – Ukraine
Mudrik played rudely in attack against another Mbonga, Joseph. The judge forgave Mikhail. The Maltese is being helped by doctors.
This is only the second Maltese goal in the seventh match of the current qualifying round.
Well well. Malta opens the scoring. There was a failure in the center of defense (Zabarny!), Paul Mbong ran through the center and hit Trubin with a simple shot. 1:0!!!
Rebrov’s team has a lot of losses. There is no way it can fully go into a positional attack.
Out of the blue, Matvienko limped. Maybe it will work out.
Malta is stable in attack. This is not the start we expected!
Mbong passed three people on the right, crossed – the guests were fighting back!
The Maltese are good at pressing. Now they forced Matvienko to kick out.
Mudrik’s first breakthrough! He gave an inaccurate pass, but the defenders couldn’t figure it out, Dovbik intervened, Mikhail shot from an acute angle – he missed!
Wow – Malta started with a bang! Joseph Mbong tried. Ricochet, Trubin has the ball.
Let’s start!!!
A minute of silence in Ta-Kali. Let us remind you that the terrorist who carried out the shooting in Brussels was neutralized forever today.
The national anthems were blared generously. The game is about to start!
This match, like all matches of the 2024 European Championship qualifying on Tuesday, will begin with minutes of silence. UEFA will honor the memory of the Swedish fans killed during the terrorist attack in Brussels on Monday.
The match will be attended by approximately three thousand fans. The fight will take place in the Maltese city of Ta Qali at the National Stadium. The maximum capacity of the arena is about 17 thousand spectators.
Didn’t escape rotation and Rebrov. Stepanenko replaced as expected Sidorchuk. Naprvao instead Hemp came out Karavaev, author of the miracle goal against North Macedonia. Finally, in the right winger position instead of Zubkova there will be a nominal forward Vanat. Vladislav also played in the first match against Malta in June.
Marcolini after the defeat by Italy (0:4), he made four changes to the starting lineup. Came out in defense Borg brothers instead of Apapa And Zack Muscat. To midfield – Nicky Muscat instead of Christensen. And on the attack – Nwoko instead of Montebello.
Lineups!!!
Malta (3-5-2): Bonello – S. Borg, Pepe, J. Borg – J. Mbong, Yankam, Guillaumier, N. Muscat, Camenzuli – P. Mbong, Nwoko
Ukraine (4-1-4-1): Trubin – Karavaev, Zabarny, Matvienko, Mikolenko – Sidorchuk – Vanat, Sudakov, Zinchenko, Mudrik – Dovbik
Hi all! Sport Arena welcomes you to the online match of the 2024 European Championship qualifying tournament. Malta hosts Ukraine! A match in which Sergei Rebrov’s team needs to score three points. The maximum task is to win big in order to improve the goal difference in the correspondence match with Italy. The match starts at 21:45.
Source: Sportarena
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