The national team of Ukraine on basketball in a difficult match beat Kosovo.
Ukrainians are very not easy exit in an unrecognized state – local team, devastating losing to Slovenia at home has had a serious resistance to one of the favorites of the group.
The Kosovars with a two point advantage won the first half and almost to the final buzzer clung to the result. Who knows what would have developed this match, if not a great game Maxim Kornienko, who scored from the bench with 20 points, and ex-striker of “Chemist”
during the match, attacked with great interest.
Second win in qualification for the European championship “blue-yellow” issued by advantage on the boards (38:29 number of rebounds), and at the expense of productive games of the bench, which compensated for a bad day Fesenko and Mishula, scored only four points.
Kosovo – Ukraine 63:70 (17:17, 17:15, 18:20, 11:18)
Kosovo: Dollman (20), Berisha (11), Hajrizi (8 + 6 rebounds), F. Rugova (8 + 5 rebounds), Rugova (7).
Ukraine: Kornienko (20 + 4 rebounds), Kravtsov (12 + 5 rebounds+ 2 block-Shota), Lime (10 + 4 rebounds + 5 assists), Konev (10), the beavers (5 + 5 rebounds).
September seventh wards Evgeny Murzin will play away against Slovenia, at the expense of the best difference of points the lead group E.
Bulgaria – Slovenia 78:83
Standings: Slovenia, Ukraine – 3, Bulgaria, Kosovo – 2.
