translated from Spanish: Ukraine overcame Sweden in the ely-off and will play England

The Ukrainian national team on Tuesday secured passage to the quarter-finals of the European Championship, the first in its history, after beating Sweden (1-2) in extra time in a vibrant match played at Hampden Park, which closed the round of knockouts. Glasgow hosted a high-altitude duel even if the ‘poster’ of the clash was the one that had the least packaging of all the knockout stages. However, swedes and Ukrainians provided a nice battle without a net – with multiple chances – and with a historic pass for the former Soviets. Artem Dovbyk’s goal – their first as an international – gave them licence to meet England when all the spectators were waiting for penalties. The night promised and gave of itself from the start. Zinchenko was the first to demonstrate Ukraine’s fang with a multi-carat move. Shaparenko, Yarmolenko and the Manchester City player, who finished the play with a violent shot that doubled the hand of the Swedish goalkeeper. The assist went to the outside and the goal dislodged the pupils of Janne Anderson.Ukraine did not lose order and was finding itself more comfortable with the passage of minutes. Sweden also rebuilt and – half an hour after the only chance of the ‘txuri urdin’ Isak – came the tie with some fortune. Forsberg, one of the Euro players, shot at goal and the ball was deflected by Zabarnyi, confusing his goalkeeper. The Leipzig player scored his fourth goal of the European Championship becoming the second top gunner of the tournament, equalled by Czech Patrick Schick and Frenchman Karim Benzema, and only surpassed by Cristiano Ronaldo, who remains the ‘pichichi’ with five goals. The second half started with a frantic quarter of an hour. Larsson was the first to look for the base of the post and Forsberg, two minutes later, did. A minute earlier it had been Sydorchuk who ran into the wood. Anything could have happened, although it was Sweden who came out on top of the exchange of blows. The Andriy Shevchenko dwarfed the hunger of Isak, who forgave the third on a shot at the first touch and Kulusevski, whose thread lacked some more direction to overcome Bushchan. It all pointed to a new goal from the Nordics, especially when Forsberg took the leather to the crossbar with 20 minutes to go. In the final stretch, Sweden took their foot off the accelerator and Ukraine preferred to take the game to the fore so as not to lose what they had achieved until the 90th. Luckily for Shevchenko’s players, Sweden was left with ten after a hard tackle by Danielson on newcomer Biesiedin, who needed var intervention, and ended up finding the prize in the last breath despite continuous interruptions. When everything pointed to the penalty round, Zinchenko pulled a magnificent centre into the heart of the area and Dnipro striker Artem Dovbyk, with only two international caps, got his head in and finished off the Swedes, the same ones who gave them the pass to the knockout stages after their victory against Poland. Ukraine will face England on Saturday in Rome.

Original source in Spanish