On Wednesday, January 28, the Ukrainian futsal team, which lost to Armenia (1:2) and defeated Lithuania (4:1), held a decisive match against the Czech team in the Latvian capital Riga and made it to the quarterfinals of the European Championship.
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Futsal. Euro 2026. Group B. 3rd round
Ukraine — Czech Republic — 5:3
Ukraine: Sukhov, Abakshin, Korsun, Mykytyuk, Pedyash (starting five), Zhuk, Shved, Chernyavsky, Perveev, Fareniuk, Prykhodko.
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Goals: Chernyavsky (15), Zhuk (16), Abakshin (22, 28), Shved (36) — P. Drozd (30), Konblokh (36), Zaruba (39).
Despite the fact that our team was happy with a draw (the yellow-blues had lost their chance to win the group even earlier), Oleksandr Kosenko's men did not tempt fate and were able to break the opponent's resistance. Perhaps the decisive moment was one minute towards the end of the first half, when Chernyavsky and Zhuk scored twice against the Czechs.
After the break, the “yellow-blue” team, thanks to the efforts of the author of the “double” Abakshin and Shved, punished their opponents three more times, who went all-in and replaced the goalkeeper with a fifth field player. However, the Czechs also benefited from the “numerical advantage” three times – 5:3.
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In a parallel match in the quartet, Lithuania saved the match against Armenia – 3:3 (Baranauskas, 25, 35, Vasilyus, 37 – Nevyedrov, 3, Ghandilyan, 19, Sanosyan, 30).
Final standings of the teams: 1. Armenia — 7 points (goal difference — 10:8); 2. Ukraine — 6 (10:6) ; 3. Lithuania — 2 (7:10); 4. Czech Republic — 1 (10:13).
Meanwhile, the opponent of Oleksandr Kosenko's team has been determined. It is the strongest team in Group A, France, which the “yellow-blue” defeated in the match for the “bronze” of the 2024 World Cup, and recently beat in a friendly (3:1). The match will take place on Saturday, January 31 (starting at 5:00 p.m.).
Another quarterfinal pairing was formed by Armenia and Croatia (January 31, 8:00 PM).
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Group A. France – Croatia – 2:2, Latvia – Georgia – 3:0, Croatia – Georgia – 2:2, France – Latvia – 5:0, Georgia – France – 1:3, Latvia – Croatia – 1:4.
Final standings of the teams: 1. France — 7 points; 2. Croatia — 5; 3. Latvia — 3; 4. Georgia — 1.
Group C: Belarus – Belgium – 0:4, Slovenia – Spain – 1:4, Belarus – Spain – 0:2, Belgium – Slovenia – 4:5.
Team standings: 1. Spain — 6; 2. Slovenia — 3; 3. Belgium — 3; 4. Belarus — 0.
Group D. Italy — Portugal — 2:6, Hungary — Poland — 4:2, Hungary — Portugal — 1:5, Poland — Italy — 0:4.
Team standings: 1. Portugal — 6; 2. Italy — 3; 3. Hungary — 3; 4. Poland — 0.
Recall that the two best teams from each of the four groups will advance to the quarterfinals of Euro 2026, which will take place from January 21 to February 7 in Lithuania (Kaunas), Latvia (Riga), and Slovenia (Ljubljana) with the participation of 16 teams.
Previously, “FACTS” reported that a “repainted” Russian from the Armenian national team insulted Ukraine after a sensation at Euro 2026.
Photo by the Ukrainian Futsal Association