The national team of Ukraine on football at the third attempt scored a debut win under the leadership of Andriy Shevchenko.
Match in Krakow was for “blue-yellow” challenging – despite the final big score, only 10 minutes before the final whistle, the nominal owners could remove all questions on the winner of three points.
In the first half, the Ukrainians actively attacked, but again limped implementation. Konoplyanka and Yarmolenko is on target not hit, and to open an account could Kravets – the ball after blow of the forward of “Granada” was found with a leg protector of the Kosovars and flew across the goalkeeper.
After the break, consistently in the penalty area Kosovo fell Yarmolenko and Konoplyanka Butko – instead of the obvious penalty the referee allowed to play on. Soon the referee due to offside, cancelled the goal rotan, and before that, Ukraine from conceding a goal were saved by the crossbar. Nerve endings was inevitable…
Finally, the Ukrainians took all the questions after two successful substitutions Shevchenko – first caravan helped to vary Yarmolenko, rotan and then long-range shot brought the score to devastating.
Ukraine — Kosovo 3:0
Goals: Kravets, 31, Yarmolenko, 81, Rotan, 87
Ukraine: Pyatov — Butko, Kucher, Ordets, Sable — Stepanenko, Yarmolenko, Kovalenko, Zinchenko (Rotan, 63), Linnet (Karavaev, 79 In) — Kravets (Zozulya, 84)
Kosovo: Ujkani — Perdedaj (Soleimani, 77), Pnishi, Rahmani, Pacarada — Kryeziu, Fur (Bernard Berisha, 54) — Rashica (Zanelli, 66), Shala, Valon Berisha — Vesel Muriqi
Warning: Valon Berisha, Kryeziu
Finland – Croatia 0:1
Goal: Mandzukic, 18
Standings: Croatia – 7 (match 3) Ukraine – 5 (3), Iceland -4 (2) Turkey – 2 (2), Finland 1 (3), Kosovo – 1 (3).
