Ukraine have played the third 2022/23 Nations League match – against Ireland in Lodz, Poland.
Early in the first half both sides were getting adjusted to each other and mostly acted in the midfield. Scoring opportunities weren’t numerous.
Still the Yellow-Blues had some rapid attacks. Mykolenko attempted from a promising position, but Irish keeper Kelleher demonstrated great reaction while Vitaliy’s follow-up was inaccurate. Meanwhile Ireland used their chance. Collins obtained the ball, rushed past Ukrainian defenders and sent the ball into the corner.
Later Riznyk parried promising strike by Knight. The first half finished with Ukrainians’ attacks, but Ireland didn’t concede.
The break turned out to be beneficial for our players, who equalized early in the second half. Yarmolenko put a low cross to Dovbyk, who hit the open goal. Ireland responded with long-range shot by Knight, but our keeper was there.
Ukraine had some more decent attacks, but visitors defended orderly and counterattacked from time to time. So, it’s 1:1.
Five FC Dynamo Kyiv players featured in this game – Illia Zabarnyi, Olexandr Karavayev, Serhiy Sydorchuk, Mykola Shaparenko and Denys Popov.
