Euro 2024: Slovakia Vs Ukraine, Team Battle Is Different Fate

Slovakia appears as a dark horse at Euro 2024 (Instagram/@sfzofficial).

JAKARTA - Slovakia vs Ukraine is presented in the second match of Group E Euro 2024. This match will be a meeting of two different teams for the sake of fighting for the top position of Group E.

The Slovakia vs Ukraine match will be held at the Esprit Stadium on Friday, June 21, 2024, at 20.00 WIB. Before the clashes, different fates accompanied the two teams from the previous match.

Slovakia met the meeting against Ukraine with its heads held high and full of confidence. The reason is, the good results from the first matchday became a qualified capital for Francesco Calzona's team.

Facing Belgium, who became the favorite team, Slovenski Sokoli was able to close the match with a 1-0 win. Slovakia's full point could not be separated from the goal made by Ivan Schranz when the game had only been running for seven minutes.

Not only was he able to play efficiently with fast movements, but Calzona's team was also able to show militant defense. Three points from the first matchday against Belgium then led them to second place in Group E.

In order to continue to gain points in the group stage, Slovakia will clearly continue to bring good trends in advanced matches. Including the great opportunity to re-include Ivan Schranz in the match against Ukraine. In addition, the coach will also include a number of big names, such as Milan Skriniar to Onrej Duda for the sake of a mission to gain points.

If you look at the last five meetings between the two teams, Slovakia is indeed less seeded because they can only make two wins, one draw, and three defeats to Ukraine.

However, on the second match of Group E Euro 2024, they could find a bit of a gap in the unfavorable situation for Ukraine in their last battered match.

Facing Romania in the inaugural match, Ukraine was even made helpless because they lost 0-3. Even though Ukraine was able to dominate the game, they actually struggled to penetrate the Romanian defense.

This can be seen from the records of Artem Dovbyk and colleagues who were only able to record two kicks that led directly to the opponent's goal.

This note is clearly important for Sergiy Rebrov as head coach. He had to rack his brain to mix up more threatening line-up at Slovak. Especially on this second matchday, they also need points to get up from the bottom of the Group E standings.

For the sake of this big mission, the coach is predicted to rely on strength with a 3-4-3 game scheme. Rebrov can include Andriy Lunin under the crossbar, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Mykola Shaparenko, Mykhailo Mudryk, as well as key player Artem Dovbyk.