Match ukraine italie

Despite a dominant performance match ukraine italie the Italians, Italy v Ukraine ended in a surprise 1-1 draw. It seemed as if the Azzurri would run riot in this match, but alas this was not the case.

Italy mustered 27 shots on goal yet only scored once. Nicolò Barella earned his first international debut for Italy. Mykyta Burda started his first international match for Ukraine. Ruslan Malinovskiy scored his first international goal for Ukraine. Italy’s international woes continued as they were held to a 1-1 draw in Genoa.

Despite maintaining the majority of possession, heavily outshooting their opponents and earning 15 corners to Ukraine’s three, the Azzurri were unable to defeat a well-composed Ukrainian side. As expected, the Italians started the brighter of the two sides. The first opportunity of the match came in the 6’ when Marlos made a poor back pass to Yaroslav Rakitskiy. Federico Chiesa pounced on the loose ball and looked to be through on goal, but Mykyta Burda crucially intervened. The Italians took the resulting corner quickly, and Marco Verratti delivered a dangerous cross into the box. Italy then had a second strong opportunity to open the score in the 22’, as Chiesa beat Karavayev on the righthand side.

The Italian midfielder slotted the ball to Lorenzo Insigne, and the striker fired toward the goal. The ball beat Pyatov but flashed narrowly wide of the far post. After the half-hour mark, Chiesa had a second opportunity to open the score as he met a pass from Insigne, but Pyatov saved again. The resulting corner came to nothing. Then, on the stroke of halftime, Ukraine had their first opportunity on goal.