Lions ”hungry! England defeated Shevchenko’s Ukraine 4-0 in the semi-final challenge of Euro 2020, flying between the records in the semifinals where they will clash with Denmark on Wednesday, July 7 at “Wembley”.
The first half ended with the advantage of 1 goal from the team of Southege, while in the second fragment of the game “3 Lions”, they did not restrain themselves, realizing 3 times in the time frame of 17 minutes.
It was captain Harry Kane who opened the scoring in the 4th minute, as with the start of the second half, Meguajer doubled the numbers. At this point the English took the super lap, as Kane, in the 50th minute, scored the third goal of the challenge and the second personal.
To put a lid on this magical evening, Henderson thought that in the 63rd minute he scored the fourth goal, which turned out to be the first with the national team jersey for the 31-year-old midfielder. An interesting fact worth noting is that 3 of England’s goals were scored with the header.
FT: UKRAINE-ENGLAND 0-4
Kane 4 ′, 50 ′ Megaway 46 ′, Henderson 63 ′
LIVE COMMENTS:
The challenge is over!
90 ′ There is no extra minute!
79 ina Ukraine tries to score the goal of honor in this challenge, but the English defend well.
73 ′ Substitution to England, captain Kane leaves, his place is taken by Everton striker, Calvert Lewin.
65 ′ England make 3 substitutions, Shaw, Sterling and Phillips leave, in the game Tripier, Rashford and Bellingham.
63 ′ GOOOAAAL – ENGLAND 0-4 / The Ukrainians are defeated, Henderson finds the net. After a corner kick, the Liverpool midfielder escapes the defensive cover and shakes the net. The first goal with the English national team for Henderson.
62 ′ Bushkan denies a super goal to Harry Kane, who would be the third in this challenge for the captain of “3 Lions”.
57 ′ Substitution to England, leaves the field Rice, his place takes Henderson.
50 ′ GOOOOOL ENGLAND 0-3 / Irresistible Englishmen! Captain Harry Kane triples the score, hitting accurately with his head inside the area. It was Shaw again who assisted. Two assists per goal in the 4 minute time frame, for the United defender.
46 ′ GOOOAAAL – ENGLAND 0-2 / “3 Lions” score from the tunnel. Meguaj doubles the figures by hitting his head accurately after a cross by Shou from the penalty kick from the left wing.
The first part closes!
45 2 2 extra minutes are awarded!
40 ′ The Ukrainians take heart, creating some dangerous attacks in the English area, but without success.
35 i Forced replacement in Ukraine, Kryvtsov leaves, Tsygankov takes his place.
32 as Suffocating pressure of England that “flirts” with the second goal, Rice’s shell, was stopped by the Ukrainian goalkeeper.
28 ′ England tries to double the score with Kane, who tries with his head, but his attempt goes out of the box.
25 ′ England does not leave the field, constantly circulating the ball in the Ukrainian half.
17 ′ England’s negligence in defense, Jaremchuk, almost punishes, his attempt left the corner by Pickford.
12 ′ The Ukrainians try to react with Jarmolenko, but the spaces in the areas of England are few.
4 ′ GOOOAAAL – ENGLAND 0-1 / Lasts only 4 minutes! Harry Kane passes the “3 Lions” to the advantage. After a fantastic assist by Stirling, the English captain does not forgive in front of the gate.
1 sf Challenge starts in Rome! The English are the absolute favorites in this confrontation, as they advance immediately forward.
OFFICIAL FORMATIONS
INTERESTING STATISTICS OF TODAY’S CHALLENGE
-Today will be the fifth match of England in “Olimpico” (2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss). Their last visit to Rome was a 0-0 draw against Italy in October 1997, a result that sealed their ticket to the 1998 World Cup in France.
-England has not yet conceded a goal in this European (4 games) and today can set a record. No national team has managed to keep the gate intact in the first 5 matches of a European. The “Three Lions” have locked the gate in 9 of their last 10 games.
-This will be the second match of Ukraine in “Olimpico” of Rome. In the first, they lost 2-0 to Italy (October 2006), a valuable match for the “Euro 2008” qualifiers. Their balance in Italy is 2 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses. The last visit was a 1-1 draw with Italy in a friendly (October 2018), in which Ruslan Malinovski scored his first goal for the national team.
