The national team of Ukraine on basketball in the final qualifier for the European championship could not beat the unmotivated Slovenes.
Before the home game with Slovenia it was all in the hands of the national team of Ukraine – the victory with any account sent players of Yevgeny Murzin in Eurobasket 2017. Was the extra motivation to eight points advantage over the guests gave Ukraine a bonus in the form of first place in the qualifying group.
For the starting jerk 7:0 followed by a prolonged failure in the end of the first quarter “blue-yellow” started again in the attack, and distant hit Misuli allowed to win the opening 10 minutes. It had no: Ukraine has again stalled, while the efforts of the unstoppable Goran Dragic started to break away.
After the break, Ukraine has managed to quickly eliminate the backlog in six points. Moreover, the owners managed to increase the gap to four points, but completely failed in the decisive quarter, not showing at the right time nor the skill nor the fighting qualities.
Now the fate of the national team of Ukraine is in the hands of other teams. You need “blue-yellow”? First, it will not prevent the victory of Kosovo against
Bulgaria, which will significantly improve the points difference. You also need to root against Georgia, Iceland and Germany. Go Ukraine for the European championship, will be known closer to midnight.
Ukraine — Slovenia 69:80 (17:15, 19:27, 19:11, 14:27)
Ukraine: Lukashov (14 + 7 rebounds + 3 steals + 4 losses), Mishula (12), Kornienko (9).
Slovenia: Goran dragic (22 + 5 assists + 3 steals), Prepelvic (15 + 6 assists), Ohmic (15 + 9 rebounds).
