The first official match in the blue-yellows was held by seven players
On Wednesday, June 8, in the starting match of the group stage of Division B of the League of Nations, the Ukrainian team in Dublin beat the national team of Ireland thanks to a goal by Viktor Tsyhankov. Ten substitutions in the starting lineup, seven debutants, the traditional victorious start – Sport Arena has collected 10 facts about the match of the Nations League Ireland – Ukraine.
First in its history, the Ukrainian team met with Ireland on the football field. Ireland became the 72nd national team the Blue and Yellows played in their 30-year history.
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First Shakhtar midfielder Daniil Ignatenko, Dnipro-1 midfielder Oleksandr Pikhalyonok, Real Madrid goalkeeper Andrey Lunin, Dynamo defenders Oleksandr Sirota and Denis Popov, Shakhtar defender Valeriy Bondar and Slavia midfielder Taras Kacharaba, previously played for the national team in friendly matches.
Second match under Oleksandr Petrakov, the Ukrainian team finished without goals conceded. The first was the Blue-Yellows’ away match against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the group stage of the 2022 World Cup qualification.
Third once in a row in the League of Nations, Ukraine starts the group round with a win. Moreover, the two previous matches ended with the same score – 2:1. In the first draw of the tournament, the blue-yellows defeated the Czech Republic, in the second – Switzerland.
Seventh Dynamo midfielder Viktor Tsygankov scored a goal for the Ukrainian national team.
Ten matches, I do not count fights with club teams, led by Oleksandr Petrakov at the head of the national team of Ukraine. Specialist stats: 4 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss. The goal difference is 14:9.
Ten replacements in the starting lineup of his team compared to the final match of the play-off qualification against Wales were carried out by the coach of the Ukrainian national team Oleksandr Petrakov. Of the players who entered the field in the game with the Welsh, only Vitaliy Mykolenko started the match with Ireland from the first minutes.
Ten football players made their debut in the Ukrainian national team under Oleksandr Petrakov.
24.5 years – this was the average age of the starting lineup of the Ukrainian national team in the match against Ireland. The record for this indicator is a friendly match against the Lithuanian national team in May 1993, when the average age of the blue-and-yellow starting lineup was an incredible 21.8 years.
50th the match for the national team of Ukraine was played by Dynamo midfielder Serhiy Sydorchuk.
Source: Sportarena
