Ukraine U-21 bright away victory over the Icelanders made a disastrous qualifying campaign for Euro 2017.
Oleksandr Golovko’s team minimally lost the first half, but returned to the game after the goal striker “Shakhtar” Andriy Boyarchuk. In the 75th minute of FC Dynamo Kyiv forward Artem Besedin puts Ukraine ahead.
The outcome of the match may be the envy of even the most sophisticated writers in the 88th minute Emerson equalized and gave the Icelanders hope for salvation. The hosts rushed forward and conceded two more goals – the goals of Alexander Zubkov and Boryachuk brought Ukraine into fourth position in qualifying.
Iceland U-21 — Ukraine U-21 2:4
Goals: Gretarsson, 22, E. Ómarsson, 88 — Boryachuk, 56, 90, Besedin, 75, Zubkov, 90+4.
Iceland: Runarsson — Arnarson, Hermanson, O. Ómarsson, Gretarsson — Granderson, Bodvarsson, Alisson (Gudmundsson, 78), Jonsson (Vilhjalmsson, 69) — E. Ómarsson, Finnbogason.
Ukraine: Pidkivka — Kacharaba, Lukyanchuk, Matvienko, Danchenko — Vakulenko, Kharatin — Mysyk (Zubkov, 46), Gutsuliak (Boyarchuk, 46), Bondage (Tretyakov, 82) — Besedin.
Warning: E. Ómarsson, Granderson — Kharatin, Boyarchuk.
Removal: Besedin, 90+3.
Who is grateful to Ukraine for their dedication to the game in Iceland is the national teams of Macedonia and France, which thanks to the victory of “blue-yellow” had secured a ticket to the Euro and participation in the play-offs respectively.
Standings: Macedonia U-21 – 21, France U-21 – 20 Iceland U-21 – 18, Ukraine U-21 – 14, Scotland U-21 – 8, Northern Ireland – 2.
