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 1-0 Ukraine
50 minutes: Ukraine attack down the left with Mudryk, and he does pick out Dovbyk, but the forward gets a head on it but cannot direct it towards the goal.
Slovakia 1-0 Ukraine
48 minutes: Slovakia have had two throw ins level with the Ukraine box, but Ukraine have a free kick to ease the pressure.
Slovakia 1-0 Ukraine
46 minutes: Vavro is down and receiving treatment after a head collision with Zinchenko, but he seems to be okay and is back on his feet.
Slovakia 1-0 Ukraine
HT: It has been a fairly even half, but Slovakia have the crucial lead.
Ukraine were a bit slow to get going but they had their better chances towards the end of the first half, and it was a significant improvement on their performance against Romania in the opening game.
Slovakia 1-0 Ukraine
44 minutes: Save! It’s at the other end of the pitch, and Trubin had to get down well to push that behind after the shot from Haraslin took a deflection on the way through.
Slovakia 1-0 Ukraine
42 minutes: Ukraine have been awarded a free kick on the right hand side just level with the Slovakia box. It didn’t look like a foul, but Yarmolenko has got the decision he wanted.
It’s saved by Dubravka! It was a good strike from Zinchenko, but straight at the goalkeeper.
Slovakia 1-0 Ukraine
39 minutes: The game has just opened up a little bit more and Ukraine have been awarded a free kick just inside the Slovakia half.
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