Slovakia-Ukraine: For the qualifying stage, both, their change

With the duel between Slovakia and Ukraine in Dusseldorf, today’s Euro 2024 program opens at 16:00 (ERT1, bwinSPOR FM 94.6, sport-fm.gr).

Group 5 turns out to be a lot more lopsided than expected as Slovakia set… on fire with victory (1-0) over Belgium, which was the big favorite to top the group.

Francesco Calzona’s team made the super surprise, thanks to a goal by Schrantz in the 7th minute. The luck factor also played an important role, but so did the ineffectiveness of Lukakus. After missing big chances while having two goals disallowed via VAR.

In contrast, Ukraine performed disappointingly against Romania, knowing the 3-0 defeat, making her mission to qualify for the knockouts even more difficult. Stantsios’ goal in the 29th minute cut off its… wings, while the goals from Marin (53′) and Dragus (57′) completed it. Since the possession he had was chatty. The greater quality they have in their roster compared to Romania was not reflected on the pitch and they were left empty handed.

Calzona is not facing any problem, as despite the blow that Hadsko received on the head, he is available. On the contrary, Rembroff will wait until the last minute for Mikolenko, who did not play in the 1st matchday.

The two teams have met four times, with Slovakia counting two wins, Ukraine one, while one match was a draw.

Possible compositions:

Slovakia (Francesco Calzona): Dubravka – Pekaric, Vavro, Skriniar, Hadzko – Lobotka, Kutska, Duda – Schranz, Haraslin, Bozenik

Ukraine (Sergei Rembrov): Lunin – Timchuk, Svatok, Zabarny, Matvijenko – Brazko, Zinchenko – Chihankov, Mudrik, Sudakov – Dovbyk

Field: Dusseldorf Arena (54,600)

Referee: Michael Oliver (England)