Romania surprisingly defeated Ukraine 3-0

On June 17, the Romanian team caused a surprise when they defeated a stronger opponent, Ukraine, 3-0 in Group C of Euro 2024.

Romania had a great match against Ukraine in Group C of Euro 2024 - Photo: REUTERS

The match between Romania and Ukraine in Group E of Euro 2024 will take place at 8:00 p.m. on June 16. The two teams qualified in different ways. Ukraine was in the same group with two very strong teams, England and Italy, but then still won a ticket to Euro 2024 in the play-off round. Meanwhile, Romania had a somewhat smooth ride when they topped the group with easier opponents. Ukraine is rated higher thanks to their experience in recent Euro tournaments. Since 2012, they have not missed any tournament. Even at Euro 2020, this team reached the quarter-finals. Meanwhile, Romania has only returned to the Euro playground since 2016. They are holding a sad record of only winning 6% of the Euro finals. This is the worst record for teams that have participated in the tournament at least twice. It is the experience factor and achievements through tournaments that make Ukraine rated higher than Romania.

Lineup for Romania vs Ukraine match - Graphics: AN BINH

Match statistics between Romania and Ukraine - Graphics: AN BINH

However, recently, Romania has shown that they have improved compared to before. Under coach Iordanescu, this team is being effective. In the qualifying round, although they did not have to face many strong teams, Romania's unbeaten record is commendable. Bookmakers offer Ukraine a handicap of 1/2 (0.5) goals against Romania in this match. Meanwhile, the over/under bet for this match is 2 1/4 (2.25) goals. This ratio shows that bookmakers still rate Ukraine's chances of winning higher, but are not too confident that they will score many goals. According to the assessment of football analysis site Opta, Ukraine's chance of winning is 42.6%, while Romania's is 31.5%. Sportmole believes that Ukraine's chance of winning is up to 48.91%, compared to 23.99% for the opponent. The most likely score is 1-0 in favor of Ukraine (13.96%). While the 2-1 score has only an 8.98% chance of happening. Expert's choice: choose Ukraine to win by 1/2 goal, the match will have 2 goals or less. Prediction: Ukraine wins 1-0.

• 1'
• Start the match
  Swedish referee Glenn Nyberg, along with players from both teams, entered the field to start the match.
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• 5'
• Comment
  In the first minutes, the match was quite fast but neither team had a chance to threaten the opponent's goal.
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• 8'
• Opportunity
  Romania just had a rather dangerous situation and Răzvan Marin fired a shot from outside the penalty area but the ball went a bit soft and right into the position of goalkeeper Andriy Lunin (Ukraine) so it was caught.
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• 20'
• Comment
  The match was quite tight as Romania actively played a defensive game in their home field. This made it very difficult for Ukraine to approach goalkeeper Andriy Lunin's goal.
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• 28'
• Goal
  Goalkeeper Andriy Lunin's mistake created an opportunity for Nicolae Stanciu to score a beautiful shot from outside the penalty area to help Romania lead 1-0.
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• 35'
• Expert Commentary
  After scoring the opening goal, the Romanian players' morale was high and they continuously put pressure on Ukraine but they still did not score another goal.

• 37'
• Opportunity
  Romania had another dangerous attack, Dennis Man had a good shot but the ball hit the Ukrainian defender's foot and went out.

• 38'
• Opportunity
  Immediately after, Nicolae Stanciu took a corner kick that hit the bottom of the crossbar and went out.
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• 45+2'
• Comment
  The first half ended with a score of 1-0 for Romania.

• 46'
• Comment
  Players from both teams returned to the field to continue the second half for 45 minutes.
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• 54'
• Goal
  Razvan Marin scored to make it 2-0 for Romania.
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• 57'
• Goal
  From the corner kick, Romania coordinated very well and Denis Drăguş tapped the ball into the net from close range after a pass from Dennis Man... 3-0 for Romania.
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• 75'
• Expert Commentary
  Ukraine were trying to find an equalizer, but their attacks were too monotonous and lacking in creativity to penetrate Romania's well-organized defense.

• 77'
• Opportunity
  Heorhiy Sudakov had a strong long-range shot but goalkeeper Florin Niță (Romania) made an excellent save.

• 85'
• Comment
  Time is ticking towards the final minutes of the match, Ukraine is still very stuck in finding an honorary goal.

• 90+4'
• The match is over
  The referee blew the whistle to end the match.
• Tuoitre.vn
• Source: https://tuoitre.vn/romania-bat-ngo-da-bai-ukraine-3-0-20240617131403443.htm