The Icelandic forward struck beautifully from outside the penalty area
Goal Iceland national team striker Albert Gudmundsson against the national team Ukraine recognized as the best in the qualifying playoff matches European Championship 2024.
In the middle of the first half, Gudmundsson beat Ruslan Malinovsky and Vladimir Brazhko and fired a targeted shot from outside the penalty area. Let us note that Albert’s goal did not save Iceland from defeat in the qualifying playoff final – 1:2.
Interestingly, Gudmundsson also took second place in the voting: a goal from a direct free kick in the match with Israel (4:1). Next were Neko Williams (Wales) and Jakub Piotrowski (Poland).
Iceland did not qualify for Euro 2024. The Ukrainian national team will play in Quartet E with Belgium, Slovakia and Romania in the group stage of the European Championship. Sergei Rebrov’s team will play the first match against Romania on June 17. Ticket sales for the blue-yellow matches at Euro 2024 are also open.
Euro 2024 will take place in Germany from June 14 to July 14, 2024. The matches of the European Championship will be held in arenas in Berlin, Cologne, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Leipzig, Munich and Stuttgart.
Albert Gudmundsson’s stunning strike is your Goal of the Play-offs 🔥⚽@AlipayPlus | #EQGOTT | #EURO2024 pic.twitter.com/iH4rksN74g
— UEFA EURO 2024 (@EURO2024) March 28, 2024
Source: Sportarena
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