Slovakia v Ukraine LIVE: Euro 2024 result and reaction after Yaremchuk goal leaves Group E wide open
Slovakia 1-2 Ukraine: Substitute Roman Yaremchuk’s late strike saw Ukraine complete the complete and keep their Group E hopes alive
Ukraine roused themselves in the nick of time to salvage their Euro 2024 hopes as substitute Roman Yaremchuk’s late strike saw them hit back after falling a goal behind to beat Slovakia 2-1 in a lively Group E clash.
Trailing at halftime to an early header scored by Ivan Schranz, Ukraine’s hopes of reaching the knockout stage were in peril, but they stormed back in front of their joyous fans.
Slovakia, who produced the shock of the tournament so far to beat Belgium in their opener, would have sealed a last-16 berth with a win but sat back after a dream start and were punished.
Man of the match Mykola Shaparenko equalised in the 54th minute with a close-range finish before his pass sent Yaremchuk clear to prod the winner and spark ecstatic celebrations from the ranks of yellow and blue inside the Duesseldorf Stadium. Victory lifted Ukraine level on three points with Slovakia and Romania, who face Belgium on Saturday.
Follow the score and all the latest updates from Ukraine v Slovakia below.
Slovakia 1-2 Ukraine
90+4 minutes: Ukraine are just desperate to clear their lines now, Sydorchuk is played forwards and he just tries to hold onto it for as long as possible.
Slovakia 1-2 Ukraine
90+2 minutes: Vavro had a chance to take on a shot but absolutely scuffs it!
Was that Slovakia’s last chance of the match? The ball falls to him just inside the box and he misses the chance.
Slovakia 1-2 Ukraine
90+1 minutes: There will be five minutes of added time.
Slovakia 1-2 Ukraine
90 minutes: Slovakia have a corner, it’s only their third of the game. There’s a flick at the back post and it goes out for a goal kick.
Slovakia 1-2 Ukraine
87 minutes: Slovakia have another free kick, this time Trubin does have to get involved to palm the ball away.
Ukraine will want to prevent giving Slovakia any more chances, especially with giving away unnecessary fouls as they look to hold on to their slender one-goal advantage.
Slovakia 1-2 Ukraine
84 minutes: Ukraine have given away a free kick in a potentially dangerous position just outside the area.
Kucka takes, but it’s hit well over the bar, he has completely miss-hit that, it goes into the top tier of the stand.
Slovakia 1-2 Ukraine
82 minutes: The more replays you watch of that goal, the better it looks! To take a ball over the shoulder is difficult, let alone to take the pace off it and slot it into the back of the net.
Yaremchuk has done exactly what was hoped of him when he came on in the 67th minute for Dovbyk.
GOAL! Yaremchuk puts his side ahead - Slovakia 1-2 Ukraine
79 minutes: GOAL! Yaremchuk has timed his run perfectly, and takes a touch to kill the pace on it and then just touches the ball past the goalkeeper where the defender cannot keep it out of the net.
That was a clever move and Ukraine have given themselves a good chance of qualification if they can hold on to this!
Slovakia 1-1 Ukraine
78 minutes: Slovakia’s passing has just sharpened up a touch, but they cannot get through the Ukraine lines and concede yet another foul.
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