On Friday, March 27, the Ukrainian youth football team, after the national team's fiasco in the match with Sweden (1:3), held a nominal home match of the 2027 European Championship qualifying cycle against the Lithuanian team at the Košice Football Arena in the Slovak city of Košice and sensationally lost points, significantly reducing its chances of qualifying for the Euro.
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Qualification for the UEFA Youth Championship 2027. Group H
Ukraine U21 — Lithuania U21 — 1:1
Ukraine: Krapivtsov, Gusev, Melnychenko, Kysil (Zakharchenko, 87), Krupsky, Pastukh, Varfolomeev, Krevsun, Gusol (Redushko, 71), Glushchenko (Tuterov, 87), Stepanov (Pischur, 71).
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Goals: Krevsun (61) — Steponavicius (70).
We will remind you that the wards of Spaniard Unai Melgosa did not have a very successful first half of the Euro 2027 qualifiers. After defeating Lithuania (4:0), the “yellow-blue” drew with Hungary (3:3), and then lost to Croatia (0:1) and Turkey (0:1).
Position of the teams in the group: 1. Turkey – 11 points (5 matches); 2. Croatia – 10 (4); 3. Ukraine – 5 (5) ; 4. Hungary – 3 (4); 5. Lithuania – 2 (6).
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The next matches in the group on Tuesday, March 31, will be between Hungary and Ukraine and Croatia and Turkey.
Recall that the winners of nine groups and the best second-place team will automatically qualify for the final tournament of the European Championship. The eight second-place teams will be determined by the holders of four tickets to Euro 2027 in play-offs.
As is known, the 2027 UEFA Youth Championship will be hosted by four stadiums each in Albania (Tirana, Shkoder, Elbasan, Rogozina) and Serbia (Novi Sad, Loznica, Liskovac, Zajecar), which have automatically qualified for the final round of the competition. The results of the European Championship will determine the participants of the 2028 Olympic Games according to the UEFA quota.
Previously, “FACTS” reported that the Ukrainian national team was robbed in Spain.
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