The masters of Ukraine had to work - Shaparenko and his friends "turned" Slovakia around

Sergi Rebrov's team reached its first victory at the European Championship after a reversal (2:1)

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Shaparenko, Timchuk and Yaremchuk celebrate Ukraine's second goal, Photo: Reuters
Shaparenko, Timchuk and Yaremchuk celebrate Ukraine's second goal, Photo: Reuters
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The president of Dynamo Kyiv, Igor Surkis, not so long ago said that if Shakhtar is asking 150 million for Georgi Sudakov, then "his" Mykola Shaparenko is worth 300 million.

The tussle between the two biggest Ukrainian clubs is not unusual, it's difficult even if the figures mentioned are realistic, but both are great masters, and Shaparenko showed it today in the European Championship match where his country had no right to make a mistake.

Ukraine is alive, the "collective command" led by Dynamo's maestro "turned" Slovakia around in the match of the second round of the Euro (2:1) and now he can believe in the continuation of his dreams in Germany.

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As against Romania at the start (3:0), not everything was ideal this time either, and in the first half, Anatolij Trubin stopped the shots of Lukas Haraslin, Ivan Šranac and the other Slovaks and showed that coach Sergiy Rebrov was not wrong to use him instead of Real's Andrii Lunjin. sent between the posts.

However, on the wings of a great victory over Belgium, Slovakia once again took the first lead and the scorer was Šranc again, who took advantage of Haraslin's throw-in and the confusion of the rival's defense.

The Ukrainians tried to turn things around right away, and Oleksandr Tymchuk's post was the announcement of the turnaround, which arrived in the second half.

The nice action of this selection and the assist of Oleksandr Zinchenko in the right way from ten meters into a goal was converted by Shaparenko - 1:1, 54th minute.

Sergi Rebrov's team wanted three points to stay alive, and they got them ten minutes before the end - this time Shaparenko masterfully found Roman Yaremchuk, and the Valencia striker received and scored even more beautifully (2:1).

Ukraine is alive, the selection is full of masters - apart from Shaparenko and Sudakov, there are certainly Artyom Dovbik, Viktor Tsygankov, Mihailo Mudrik, Zinchenko, Yaremchuk...

Are they good enough to win at least a point against Belgium in the last round and secure the round of 16?

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