Euro 2024 Qualification Results: Draw, Italy Make Sure To Accompany England To The Final Round

Italy accompanied England to qualify for the Euro 2024 finals (Instagram/@azzurri).

JAKARTA - The match between Ukraine and Italy is to determine who will accompany England to qualify for the Euro 2024 finals in Germany.

Both teams collected 13 teams before competing. The Azzurri are above Ukraine because they excel in goal difference.

No wonder, Italy's arrival as a guest to the Bay Arena, which is Ukraine's headquarters on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 in the morning, carries the target of one point to ensure that it passes to Germany.

Of course, the hosts wanted to tackle their guest mission because of the desire to move automatically into the finals without going through the play-off path.

The ambition of the two teams who wanted to tackle each other made the match fierce. There is no striking dominance, tends to be balanced.

The control of the ball was indeed held by the Azzurri with 59 percent. However, Ukraine scored more shots into the goal four times compared to two of the guests.

Luciano Spalletti's team did a lot of experiments, but they weren't very effective. Of the 17 shots, only two were right on target.

The final settlement is a problem for Italy in this match. As a result, the Azzurri's efforts came from the second line.

One of them was in the first half through Nicolo Barella's kick from outside the penalty box, but Ukraine goalkeeper Anatoli Trubin was still able to block it.

Ukraine actually does not remain silent. Relying on Mykhalio Mudryk, they can create two opportunities on target.

However, Gianluigi Donnarumma could not be conquered by the actions of Mudryk and Georgiy Sudakov in the first half.

Continuing to the second half, Italy took the initiative to attack until the match lasted an hour. They increased the intensity to the heart of the opponent's defense because they did not want to be missed. However, the host's wall was still strong in holding back the attack.

The Azzurri lost control of the ball in the final 20 minutes. Ukraine, which can get out of pressure, is starting to threaten.

The result almost made Donnarumma blunder. The PSG goalkeeper made a mistake in anticipating the bait. Luckily, he was quick to close Mudryk's room so that it didn't end in disaster.

After that incident, it was Ukraine that dominated the match and actively launched attacks. Italy seemed to run out of energy and chose to focus on defending.

However, no goals were created from the remaining time. The score ended in a 0-0 draw.

The result is of course in accordance with the Italian scenario. The Azzurri finally confirmed the move to accompany England to the final round after becoming runners-up in Group C of Euro 2024 Qualification.

Meanwhile, Ukraine was forced to play a plan. They have to fight for three tickets to go through the play-offs.

Lineup Of Players

Ukraine: Anatolii Trubin; Marihym Konoplia, Oleksandr Svatok, Illia Zabarnyi, Vitalii Mykolenko; Taras Stepanenko; Viktor Tsygankov, Heorhii Sudakov, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Mykhailo Mudryk; Artem Dovbyk

Italy: Gianluigi Donnarumma; Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Francesco Acerbi, Alessandro Buongiorno, Federico Dimarco; Davide Frattesi, Jorginho, Nicolo Barella; Nicolo Zaniolo, Giacomo Raspadori, Federico Chiesa