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Romania provide the first European Championship surprise! Coach Edward Iordanescu's team rolled over the favored Ukrainians and clearly won 3:0.
Romania got off to a perfect start at the European Football Championship in Germany. Coach Eduard Iordanescu's team defeated Ukraine 3:0 (1:0) in their Group E opener on Monday afternoon. Nicolae Stanciu (29), Razvan Marin (53) and Denis Dragus (57) scored for the Romanians, who were delighted with only their second win at a European Championship finals.
The only previous success was 24 years ago. At the 2000 European Championship, the Romanians beat England to qualify for the quarter-finals. Ukraine are already under pressure after the setback against Slovakia on Friday (15:00). Romania will face group favorites Belgium on Saturday (21:00) at the end of the second match day.
This is Ukraine's first major tournament since the start of the war in 2022, and ahead of the opening game, legendary striker and association boss Andriy Shevchenko warned at an organized rally in Munich not to forget the war at home, even in the midst of the soccer euphoria. "There are eleven players on the pitch today, but millions are fighting for victory at home," said the 47-year-old.
The Ukrainian players entered the Munich soccer arena wrapped in the blue and yellow flags of their country. The starting eleven included some prominent names in Real Madrid goalkeeper Andrij Lunin, Arsenal defender Oleksandr Sinchenko, Chelsea striker Mychajlo Mudryk and La Liga top scorer Artem Dowbyk. Romania's starting eleven is considered to be comparatively inexperienced, with only Tottenham defender Radu Dragusin under contract with a top club.
Dream goal from Stanciu
Ukraine got off to a dominant start and even had over 80 percent possession in the first quarter of an hour. However, Romania defended in a compact and disciplined manner, so there were no scoring chances for the time being. Dowbyk's first shot flew wide of the goal (22'). Contrary to the course of the game and with a lot of help from Lunin, Romania managed to take the lead. Following a failed clearance from the Ukraine keeper, Stanciu dinked the ball into the far corner from 20 meters.
Ukraine then lost the flow of the game, with the Romanians now showing more presence in their opponents' half. Dennis Man curled the ball just wide of the goal, and moments later a direct corner from Stanciu hit the underside of the crossbar (39').
Romania followed up with a double strike
The Romanians went one better after the break. Razvan Marin finished off a quick counter-attack with a powerful shot from distance. Once again, goalkeeper Lunin had a hand in the goal. Things got even worse for Ukraine in the following minute. Dragus was set up perfectly and the center forward slotted home from close range to make it 3:0. It was not until the 77th minute that Ukraine managed their first shot on goal from Florin Nita in the person of Heorhij Sudakov. In stoppage time, substitute Roman Jaremtschuk hit the crossbar (92').
European Championship Group E: Romania - Ukraine 3:0 (1:0)
Munich, Allianz Arena, SR Nyberg/SWE.
Goals: 1:0 (29') Stanciu, 2:0 (53') R. Marin, 3:0 (57') Dragus
Romania: Nita - Ratiu, Dragusin, Burca, Bancu - M. Marin (75. Rus) - Man (62. Hagi), R. Marin, Stanciu (88. Racovitan), Coman (62. Mihaila) - Dragus (75. Puscas)
Ukraine: Lunin - Konoplya (72. Tymchyk), Zabarnyi, Matviyenko, Sinchenko - Stepanenko (62. Brashko), Shaparenko (62. Yaremchuk) - Tsyhankov (62. Yarmolenko), Sudakov (83. Malinovskyi), Mudryk - Dovbyk
Yellow cards: R. Marin and Konoplya
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