The Ukrainian national soccer team saved their chances in qualifying for the European Championship with a resounding victory.
Sergej Rebrow’s team defeated the selection of the football dwarf Malta 1-0 (0-0) on a neutral pitch in Slovakia’s Trnava and remains in the difficult group C with the European Championship second England and defending champion Italy with six points initially second behind the three Lions (nine) who meet North Macedonia in the evening.
Viktor Tsygankov, who scored twice a week ago in the 3-3 draw in Bremen in the 1000th game played by the German national team, scored a penalty kick for Ukraine in the 72nd minute.
20 minutes earlier, former Dortmund player Andriy Yarmolenko had failed from the point.
In the balanced Group H with the European Championship semi-finalists Denmark as the biggest name, Finland initially conquered the top of the table with a 6-0 (2-0) victory in Helsinki against outsiders San Marino. Leverkusen’s Lukas Hradecky in the Finnish goal was practically unemployed.