Olexandr Golovko’s second victory in qualification for the European championship.
After a poor start to any targets “blue-yellow” had not decided, but for the youth team was important for a successful debut under their new head coach.
In the first half performance of the Ukrainian team was very good – good chances the French had Vachiberadze and Besedina. After the break, the guests already had the initiative several times football luck was on the side of Ukraine.
In the 90th minute Hello from a lethal position has punched parallel to the gate, and literally in the next attack, Ukraine came forward. On the third compensated minute Vakulko robbed defender of the French team, broke the shock position and coolly sent the ball into the far corner. Likely to respond to a goal by midfielder of “Dnipro” France was gone.
Ukraine U-21 — France U-21 1:0
Goals: Vakulko, 90+3
Ukraine: Pidkivka, Lukyanchuk, Matvienko, Kacharaba, Kiryukhantsev Danchenko (Bondage, 79), Vachiberadze (Mishnev, 88), Vakulko, Gutsulyak, Swedish (Tsygankov, 66), Besedin
France: Didillon, Kimpembe, Hernandez, Bakayoko, Tolisso, GBLAN, Rabiot, Root, Augustine (Coco, 62), Diop, Alle (Crivelli, 90+1)
Warning: Besedin, Vachiberadze, Pidkivka — Kimpembe, Hernandez
Standings: Iceland, Macedonia – 15, France – 14, Scotland – 8, Ukraine – 7, Northern Ireland – 1.
