The round of 16 ended with the match between Sweden and Ukraine at Hampden Park in Glasgow. Shevchenko’s men prevailed with an agonizing 1-2 in extra time thanks to Dovbyk’s goal in the 121 ‘. Zinchenko had overtaken his own and Forsberg had evened a contest that finally fell to the Ukrainian side, who will meet in the quarterfinals against England.
The Swedes, dressed completely in yellow, forced the rival to also abandon their characteristic yellow to dress from bottom to top in blue. That first battle had been won by Janne Andersson , but where you really have to talk is on the field and there they wanted to have the first word with a double chance that was wasted by Forsberg and Ekdal.
The Ukrainians responded with a shot from Yarmolenko to which Olsen responded in a plethora of form. And the thing is that a place in the quarterfinals, where England was waiting for the winner, was at stake and neither of the two teams wanted to start their holidays. This means that both Sweden and Ukraine wanted to get ahead on the scoreboard and Real Sociedad striker Isak had a good chance that he crossed too much.
A few minutes later, the one who was not going to forgive was Zinchenko , who got a cross at the far post free of mark. The Manchester City left-back hit a volley with the outside of his good leg that Olsen could do nothing about this time. Ukraine was ahead just as the half hour of play was about to end but the Swedes quickly sought the equalizer with a free kick in which Larsson tried to surprise the Ukrainian goalkeeper but was met with the quick reaction of Bushchan.
Forsberg was not enough
Sweden began to dominate the game little by little and was on the brink of halftime when Forsberg , assisted by Isak and with the help of a defender, was able to send the ball to the back of the net with a shot from the edge of the area. With their fourth goal in this Eurocup they achieved 1-1 with which both teams went to rest.
The game continued on its line, with both teams without any fear and attacking every time they had the ball, but, yes, the Swedes were the ones who were doing the most and who were deserving the goal. Larsson , with a long shot, was the first to try but the ball licked the post. At the post but from the other goal, Ukraine’s response crashed, which came from Sydorchuk’s feet.
The club thing was not going to stop there and the Swedish star, the one who moved his team and generated the greatest danger, Forsberg, joined the party with a shot placed like Dani Olmo’s against Croatia. But as if that weren’t enough, he was then able to get rid of two rivals before taking a whip that went to the crossbar. A pity that this action did not end in a goal because it was, as we would say today, crazy.
Another extension
With 10 minutes to go until the final whistle, the pace dropped. Muscle fatigue enters and now the fear of losing, both teams went down a gear and the match ended with 1-1 in the light sending the tie to extra time. In extra time things went wrong for Sweden when in 98 ′ Danielsson saw the red for a very hard tackle to the knee on Besedin , who did not serve even 10 minutes on the green and could not even put his leg on the ground when leave, having to be comforted by Shevchenko .
Ukraine seemed unable to take advantage of the numerical superiority. Sweden was defending itself wonderfully and everything seemed to be decided in the penalty shoot-out, even more so when in the last minutes the game was more stopped than at stake, as for example with Bezus , who got his shoulder out. Three minutes in addition … and the goal of the Ukrainian team arrived. It was a Dovbyk header that allowed Shevchenko’s team to advance to the quarter-finals where they will meet England.
