Just to get to Glasgow, the Ukrainians had needed a favor from Sweden to advance because they lost two group games and had a negative goal difference. We needed to be strong and the players showed it today.'Īndersson said he confronted Shevchenko because 'I felt like they were diving a bit toward the end.'

'Everyone understood that the prize at the end was great. 'It was a really hard game,' Shevchenko said. The game lost all rhythm and flow in scrappy extra time periods littered with fouls, injuries and an argument between the two coaches.

It felt like we would score eventually.'Īndersson cited the momentum shift in extra time when Sweden defender Marcus Danielson was sent off in the 98th minute for following through on a challenge with a raised boot on substitute Artem Besedin. 'In the second half we had four really great chances. 'It's a very bitter defeat,' Sweden coach Janne Andersson said. It was his fourth goal at Euro 2020, but a tournament lead-tying fifth eluded him in the second half despite curling shots off the post and the crossbar. Zinchenko gave Ukraine the lead in the 27th minute when he rifled in a low shot set up by a crafty pass from captain Andriy Yarmolenko.Įmil Forsberg's deflected shot from outside the area in the 43rd minute equalized for Sweden.

Zinchenko also scored on a day when his Manchester City teammate Raheem Sterling got one in England's 2-0 win over Germany. Ukraine's greatest ever forward, current coach Andriy Shevchenko, ran down the sideline to celebrate with his players, who will now head to Rome to face England on Saturday. It was the 24-year-old forward's first goal for the national team. Substitute Artem Dovbyk stooped low to guide a header from Oleksandr Zinchenko's cross past goalkeeper Robin Olsen. Ukraine eliminated previously unbeaten Sweden 2-1 on Tuesday with a goal in stoppage time at the end of extra time from a player who was left on the bench for the entire group stage.

GLASGOW, Scotland - Ukraine had reached the round of 16 at the European Championship with two losses and the worst record of the advancing teams.

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