Online text broadcast of the match Bosnia and Herzegovina – Ukraine live
Today, March 21, at 21:45 Kyiv time, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ukraine meet in the semi-final match of the Euro 2024 qualifying playoffs. The match will take place in Zenica, at the Bilino Pole stadium.
Good evening! Sport Arena welcomes you to the online qualifying match of the European Championship. Bosnia and Herzegovina hosts Ukraine! The broadcast is hosted by Alexander Tsvirk.
The penultimate barrier on the way of our national team to the final part of the continental championship. A toothy opponent whom the blue-and-yellows have already beaten under Petrakov.
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Ukraine: layouts
The national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina, despite a fairly stellar composition (see below), failed in the group qualifying tournament for the 2024 European Championship, finishing fifth in sextet J – below Portugal, Slovakia, Luxembourg and Iceland. The Balkan team scored only nine points (6 of them against Liechtenstein), losing seven out of ten matches.
The Golden Lilies (one of the nicknames of the national team) began an unsuccessful selection with coach Faruk Hadzibegic, continued with Meho Codro, and ended with Savo Milosevic – all of them are famous former football players. The latter is a Serb who even managed to play a little with Sergei Rebrov. Today there will be a coaching duel between them.
The situation is extremely simple: Ukraine needs to win. Preferably in regular time, it is possible in extra time, as a last resort – in a series of 11-meter kicks. If everything goes as it should, in the playoff final, Rebrov’s team in Wroclaw, Poland, will compete with the winner of the Israel-Iceland confrontation.
These teams have already met in 2021, as part of the 2022 World Cup selection. Then in Ukraine the teams played a draw, and in Zenica at the decisive moment they won with a score of 2:0 (goals from Alexander Zinchenko and Artem Dovbik). In those distant times, the Balkan team was led by Ivaylo Petev, and the Ukrainian team was led by Alexander Petrakov.
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Ukraine: personnel
Milosevic called up 27 players to the national team. All team leaders are in place – defender Sead Kolasinac (Atalanta), midfielder Miralem Pjanic (Sharjah, UAE) and forward Edin Dzeko (Fenerbahçe), national team record holder for matches played (133) and goals scored (65). Also forward Ermedin Demirovich (Augsburg), who has 14 goals and 8 assists in the current Bundesliga season. It also contains Rade Krunicwho started the season in Milan, but was then loaned to Fenerbahce.
At the same time, Milosevic, a former Rubin player, called up four football players from the Russian championship.
As for the Ukrainian national team, injured veterans initially could not help it – Taras Stepanenko And Andrey Yarmolenko. Arrived at the team training camp, but was not included in today’s application due to injury Victor Tsygankov. All other important players are in place. And also two potential debutants, Vladimir Brazhko And Alexey Gutsulyak.
Referee of the match Bosnia and Herzegovina – Ukraine
The match will be officiated by a German referee team led by Felix Zweyer. Stefan Lupp and Marco Achmüller will work on the lines. The duties of the reserve referee will be performed by Daniel Siebert. Bastian Danckert will be behind the VAR control and Christian Dingert will be his assistant.
42-year-old Zweyer has refereed official matches of senior national teams 22 times throughout his career. In them he showed 104 yellow cards and only one red. He awarded penalties 11 times. The Ukrainian national team played under him once – on October 12, 2021 in Lviv against… Bosnia and Herzegovina. Then we played 1:1. Yarmolenko opened the scoring in the debut, and the guests came back in the 77th minute.
Pre-match quotes
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Bosnia and Herzegovina – Ukraine: starting lineups
The blue-yellows played their last match today on November 20 last year – a draw (0:0) with the Italian national team
Euro 2024. Qualification. Playoffs. Semi-final
21 March 2024, 21:45. Stadium: Bilino Pole (Zenica)
Referee: Felix Zweyer (Germany)
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Ukraine
Watch online text broadcast of the match Bosnia and Herzegovina – Ukraine
By the way, about safety. Order at the match will be ensured more than 700 people. Among them are 440 police officers, as well as 300 representatives of a private security company.
Today the stadium in Bosnian Zinec will be sold out. At the match 11,200 fans are expected. Of these, 800 people will support the Ukrainian national team. The Bilino Pole arena is officially designed for 13,900 spectators, but for the reporting match some of the seats are blocked for security reasons.
Milosevic left in reserve an experienced and stellar Pyanich. But there are other stars in the lineup – Kolasinac, Krunicand, of course, a formidable pair of forwards Jacko (captain) – Demirovich.
The main surprise from Rebrova — start of an absolute debutant Brazhkowhom the coach preferred over the experienced one Sidorchuk. Otherwise, no surprises. In goal – in amazing form Lunin instead of Trubina. Right winger – Zubkov. On the edge – Dovbikwho has not scored for two months, but overall is having a significantly more successful season than Yaremchuk.
Compositions!!!
Bosnia and Herzegovina (3-5-2): Sehich – Ahmedhodzic, Hadzikadunic, Kolasinac – Dedic, Tzimirot, Hayradinovic, Krunic, Gazibegovic – Dzeko, Demirovich
Ukraine (4-1-4-1): Lunin – Hemp, Zabarny, Matvienko, Mikolenko – Brazhko – Zubkov, Sudakov, Zinchenko, Mudrik – Dovbik
Hi all! For your attention – an excellent online broadcast of the semi-final match of the Euro 2024 qualifying playoffs. Bosnia and Herzegovina is the penultimate barrier on Ukraine’s path to the finals of the continental championship. A toothy opponent whom the blue-and-yellows have already beaten under Petrakov.
Source: Sportarena
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