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22:07
For the first time, Hickey makes a breakthrough through his right flank. The 19-year-old plays flat and hard in front of the box. Bushchan advanced in time and throws himself at the ball in front of Adams.
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22:03
Yellow card for John McGinn (Scotland)
After the ball bounces, McGinn recklessly slides into Stepanenko’s legs. The fourth yellow card of the evening is due.
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22:02
Bushchan in luck! The guest keeper takes too much time to pass the ball after a back pass. The following McGregor deflects the ball from a good seven meters so that it just misses the right angle.
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22:01
Zinchenko’s corner kick from the left flag slips through to Karavayev, who tries a direct shot from the right instep from 14 meters in the right. The tough attempt doesn’t rush far beyond Gordon’s box.
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21:57
Yarmolenko vs Gordon! The West Ham professional fills up on the half-right in the sixteen and fires from 15 meters with the right instep at the flat right corner. Scotland’s keeper is quick down and saves to the side.
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21:56
The blue and yellow continue their strong restart and are pushing for the preliminary decision that their third goal would most likely mean. The host hasn’t even reached the second section yet.
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21:52
Tooor for Ukraine, 0:2 by Roman Yaremchuk
Ukraine scores second goal! After Yarmolenko was slowed down on the deep right side of the box, he puts it back for Karavayev. He crosses from the corner of the penalty area in front of the half-left edge of five. There Yaremchuk jumps higher than Hanley and finishes with his forehead in the right corner with feeling.
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21:52
While guest coach Oleksandr Petrakov has decided not to change personnel, Steve Clarke is relying on a fresh player in Christie. Dykes stayed in the dressing room.
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21:49
Welcome back to the second round at Hampden Park! After a promising first few minutes, the Scots’ powerful but rarely thought-out advances quickly fizzled out and the technically stronger guests were responsible for the highlights. In the end, the home side should be happy that they are only one goal behind – will they return to the race for World Cup participation after the break?
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21:49
Ryan Christie comes on as a substitute for Scotland
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21:49
Lyndon Dykes is off the bench for Scotland
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21:49
Kick-off 2nd half
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21:34
Mid-term conclusion:
Ukraine’s national team leads Scotland 1-0 at half-time in the semi-finals of the World Cup playoffs. In a balanced early phase in terms of game shares, the East Europeans recorded an early big chance through Tsygankov (9th). Yarmolenko, who was also denied by keeper Gordon, narrowly missed a goal in the 17th minute. The Braveharts regularly found their way into the last third of the field with simple tactical means, but missed clear shots due to a lack of accuracy in their interaction. Accordingly, Ukraine’s lead, which Yarmolenko scored after a long shot by Malinovskiy in the 33rd minute, was well deserved. As a result, Scotland were also unable to produce a shot on goal. See you soon!
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21:33
Official stoppage time (minutes): 1
Round one at Hampden Park is to be extended by 60 seconds.
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21:31
Lyndon Dykes (Scotland) is shown a yellow card.
Dykes hits Stepanenko in the face with a left elbow during an aerial duel in midfield. The QPR attacker is still well served with the yellow card.
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21:31
Malinovskiy ignites the turbo in the half-left offensive corridor and aims at the flat right corner at full speed and a good 24 meters. He doesn’t hit the ball properly, so it safely rolls into the right goal.
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21:29
Scotland are still trying after the goal they conceded, but are quite predictable for the guest. If anything goes beyond long balls in the Clarke squad, then left-back and captain Robertson are involved.
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21:25
Hickey can cross from his right wing without defender pressure. However, his cross intended for Adams is inaccurate and is intercepted by goalkeeper Bushchan between the penalty spot and the edge of the five.
36
21:23
The leadership of the blue and yellow is undoubtedly deserved with regard to the previous chance conditions. Given the harmlessness of the opponents, the goal on the way to the final in Cardiff is already half the battle.
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21:19
Tooor for Ukraine, 0:1 by Andrey Yarmolenko
Ukraine takes first step towards World Cup! Malinovskiy’s long drive from within his own half flies over Scotland’s central defense and frees Yarmolenko in front of keeper Gordon who ran out. The England legionnaire overcomes the goalkeeper from 17 meters in the middle with a soulful lob that hits the home box.
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21:19
… after a short execution, Yarmolenko crosses too low into the sixteen. At the first post, Adams is able to clear with first contact.
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21:18
Zinchenko has a lot of space on the left wing against advanced hosts. The Manchester City FC player missed the window to pass Yaremchuk but salvaged a corner against Hickey…
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21:15
Yarmolenko manages to get past McGregor in the half-right offensive space and aims at the upper right corner with his right instep from a good 24 meters. The shot is set too high due to a strong reserve, so that Gordon does not have to intervene.
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21:12
After Robertson’s flat pass from the left wing from 14 meters in the middle, McGinn unpacked a hard attempt with the left instep despite the pressure. It rushes far beyond Bushchan’s case.
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21:12
Captain Robertson turns up the heat! The Liverpool player lets out two Ukrainians, Yarmolenko and Karavayev, on the left corner of the box. From half-left 14 meters he tries a violent shot with the left instep. Zabarnyi blocks it for a corner. That doesn’t bring Scotland anything.
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21:08
The Ukrainians stay on the trigger! After Karavayev’s flat cross pass, Yaremchuk shoots from the right flank from a central 13 meters not far to the right of the home box.
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21:06
Robertson crosses the first Scottish corner from the left flag with a lot of spin in front of the far post. Hanley jumps higher than his guard Zabarnyi and heads just over the right angle from a good eight yards.
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21:04
Yarmolenko with the huge opportunity to 0:1! After Yaremchuk passed a low pass from the left wing into the center of the penalty area, the ex-Dortmunder was able to shoot from ten meters out of the turn. Gordon defuses the ball in the half-left corner in the follow-up.
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21:01
The Scots now also have to solve difficult tasks in their build-up game, as Oleksandr Petrakov’s men courageously die early. The home team is still waiting for its first dangerous conclusion.
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20:58
Yellow card for Ruslan Malinovskiy (Ukraine)
With the Italy legionnaire, the next Ukrainian trades a yellow card in the first quarter of an hour. He came way too late in midfield against Dykes.
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20:55
Tsygankov demands Gordon all away! The Dinamo Kiev striker converted Yarmolenko’s mid-high cross from the right wing into a direct acceptance with the right instep from a central 19 meters. Gordon steers the powerful attempt in the upper right corner with his fingertips over his chest.
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20:55
While the Clarke team operates with a lot of flying balls, the blue and yellow rely more on an approach with many flat short passes. You find a good start after many months without a competitive game.
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20:52
Yellow card for Roman Yaremchuk (Ukraine)
The attacker Benfica slides into Gilmour’s legs from behind in the opponent’s half. The Dutch referee Makkelie pulls out an early yellow card.
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20:52
Dykes is the addressee of a long hit by McTominay in the offensive center. He wants to head steeply forward to Adams. Defender Matvienko paid attention and intercepted the ball.
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20:50
The hosts immediately attacked the opposing build-up very high and wanted to give an early signal. But the guest doesn’t really let that bother him.
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20:47
Scotland vs Ukraine – the World Cup play-off semifinals at Hampden Park are on!
20:41
The national anthems sound.
20:40
The teams have just entered the pitch in the best of moods in front of sold-out ranks. The eleven guest players have flags in their national colors.
20:38
Oleksandr Petrakov im Twice compared to the last competitive game last November. Mykolenko and Karavayev take the places of Tymchyk and Sobol.
20:24
Bravehearts, unbeaten at home since September 2019 and captained and MVP by Liverpool winger Robertson, have made six changes to coach Steve Clark since the 2-2 friendly draw in Austria at the end of March. Instead of Tierney, Patterson, Hendry, Jack, Ferguson, and Armstrong, Hickey, Cooper, Gilmour, McTominay, McGregor, and Dykes start.
20:12
Before Ukraine was invaded by Russia at the end of February, the men’s national soccer team had played a curious group stage in World Cup qualifiers between March and November 2021. Although she remained undefeated in a season with defending champions France, she was only able to win two games out of six draws. Only on the last day of the game did the blue and yellow overtake Finland with a 2-0 win in Bosnia-Herzegovina and make it into the playoffs.
20:00
Scotland can end a long losing streak this week, having last represented at a World Cup in France in 1998. The Bravehearts continued the recent upward trend, which culminated in their participation in the European Championships last summer and the decent performances shown there: behind Denmark and ahead of Israel, Austria, the Faroe Islands and Moldova they finished second with seven wins, two draws and just one loss.
19:55
29 national teams have already bought their ticket for the World Cup, which takes place in Qatar in just over six months, and also know at least two of their three opponents in the group stage. The 13th European participant in the global tournament will only be determined in this international window, more than two months later than planned. The reason is non-sporting: Because of the Russian war of aggression, Ukraine can only now hold its playoff semifinals in Scotland. The winners of the game in Glasgow take on the Welsh side in Cardiff on Sunday night, who beat Austria 2-1 at the end of March.
19:45
Hello and welcome to the fifth and final World Cup playoff semi-final in European qualifiers! Scotland’s national team and Ukraine’s squad will be looking to save their chances for the last European ticket. The Welsh team’s opponent will be determined from 20:45 GMT at Hampden Park.