Ukraine looked really down and, potentially out of the tournament, but they showed super determination and quality to turn it around. Slovakia maybe relaxed a bit too, thinking they were already set for the knock-outs.
The group really well set-up now, and Belgium will want to beat Romania tomorrow or they'll be in real trouble.
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And there goes the full-time whistle in Dusseldorf!
Ukraine have secured their first victory of Euro 2024 — and they did it the hard way. Goals from Shaparenko and Yaremchuk have got them on the board at this tournament, just as things started to look bleak.
Slovakia are beaten, but remain in contention for the knockouts having beaten Belgium in their opener.
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This tournament been full of late equalisers and winners, and Vavro could have added another one for Slovakia there.
But the centre-back took a wild swing at it and missed the ball almost completely when it fell to him unmarked at the last corner.
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Slovakia will have five more minutes to find an equaliser.
It is worth remembering that there were stoppage-time equalisers in the early matches yesterday and on Wednesday.
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The first decent chance in a while for Slovakia saw Vavro rise highest from a near-post corner, but there were no takers at the far post where his header was directed.
They might not have been able to get a touch on it, but a strange tactic to send a corner to the near post and leave the far post without any threat.
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Now, unsurprisingly, it is Slovakia having to do all the attacking. But they look desperate and they have really struggled to create anything since going behind.
18-year-old Leo Sauer has been introduced in an attempt to salvage something from this Group E clash.
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More fresh legs for Ukraine as Brazhko and Mudryk, pictured, are withdrawn — on in their places are Ruslan Malinovsky and Sergiy Sydorchuk.
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There isn't much that this Yaremchuk cameo is missing now that he has been shown the game's first yellow card.
On the border of his side's defensive third, he dived into a sliding tackle on Skriniar and missed it by a long way, sending the Inter centre-back crashing to the turf.
A striker's tackle, I think they call that.
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The much-maligned Yaremchuk with one back for his critics there — superb control with his toe and then the delicate finish to embarrass Dubravka.
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What a goal!
Shaparenko at the heart of it again with a lofted pass over the defence and into the path of Yaremchuk who was racing into the Slovakia penalty area. His first touch was exquisite — almost Zidane-eqsue — and then he deftly nudged the ball past Dubravka and over the line — sublime from the substitute!
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Yaremchuk makes amends in some style to give Ukraine the lead!
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Interesting to see how Slovakian coach Francesco Calzona will treat this final 15 or so minutes. With a draw in their back pocket, do they just hold out for the draw which will likely ensure qualification — or push forward for the win which would see them in pole position to top the group?
If it's the latter, he may well turn to 18-year-old winger Leo Sauer, the national team's youngest ever player. I watched him play for Feyenoord twice when on a visit to the Netherlands in April — and he made me feel like dancing.
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Yaremchuk did so well to turn his man on the half-way line there, but then so badly to push Mudryk so wide with the pass, so he had to stretch so much to shoot that he almost injured himself.
The defending by Skriniar was pretty good though, making it as difficult as possible for the striker to manage the two-on-one.
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Ukraine, more specifically substitute Yaremchuk, have just made a real mess of a two-on-one counter attack.
It was Mudryk who once again led the counter-attacking charge and he found Yaremchuk. The striker carried the ball upfield while the Chelsea winger raced up alongside him.
Yaremchuk waited and waited to make the pass to Mudryk but, when he did, it was far too heavy and forced his team-mate wide of the penalty area.
That feels like a massive let off for Slovakia.
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Dovbyk off without having really had a sniff, which Girona fans will probably not be quite happy , given how clubs including Atletico Madrid have been considering triggering his release clause this summer.
On comes Yaremchuk, who got just three La Liga goals on loan at Valencia last season.
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At this stage, there is only really one team that looks likely to score a third — and potentially, winning — goal in this game. And that team is Ukraine who are dictating the tempo of the match and forcing Slovakia further and further back.
Slovakia do still carry a threat, though and Lobotka is still getting through a hell of a lot of work in midfield — what a player he is.
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Hancko came back onto the pitch after receiving further treatment on the sideline, but he has now been withdrawn. He and Haraslin are both substituted, Adam Obert and Tomas Suslov have taken their places.
Ukraine have made a pair of changes, too with Oleksandr Zubkov and Roman Yaremchuk on for Yarmolenko and Dovbyk.
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