In the fourth stage of the World Cup qualifiers, the Ukraine national team faced the Azerbaijan national team. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.
Several interesting situations occurred during the match. Initially, Elvin Jafarguliyev made a delicate pass to Nariman Akhundzade in the penalty area, but the goalkeeper was unable to be beaten.
From the right wing, Efim Konoplya passed the ball close to the goalkeeper's post, and Ruslan Malinovskyi tried to strike, but the goalkeeper saved the ball. Later, Konoplya took a long shot, but the ball bounced off the goalpost, and Oleg Ocheretko missed another opportunity.
In the 30th minute of the game, Malinovskyi made a powerful pass from the penalty area, Alexey Gutsulyak headed the ball into the net, making the score 1-0. In the final minutes of the first half, Jafarguliyev advanced along the wing and crossed the ball to the far post, where Akhundzade sent the ball into his own net, leveling the score at 1-1.
In the second half, Ilya Zabarnyi took a long shot, but the goalkeeper saved the ball. Artem Dovbik passed to Malinovskyi, who again aimed for the far corner, but the goalkeeper ensured safety.
In the 64th minute, Ocheretko made a pass into the penalty area, Gutsulyak received the ball and passed to Malinovskyi, who placed the ball into the goalpost, bringing the score to 2-1. Then Artem Bondarenko took the ball in the center and passed to Dovbik, who exchanged passes with Nazar Voloshin, but this goal was disallowed due to an offside.
The Ukraine national team is currently in second place with seven points, while Azerbaijan is at the bottom of the table with one point. The match result was Ukraine 2, Azerbaijan 1.
This match was of great importance for the national teams, with the Ukraine team maintaining their chance to advance to the next stage.
