Today, November 20, the national team of Ukraine will play the final match of the qualifying tournament for the 2024 European Championship, which will take place in Germany. The rival of our footballers will be the current European champions - the national team Italy, writes UNN.
Stadium, refereeing team, broadcast
Nominally, the Ukrainian national team will play its home match in the German city of Leverkusen at the Bay Arena stadium.
The starting whistle will be blown at 21:45 Kyiv time. It will be blown by the Spanish referee Jesus Gil Manzano. He will be assisted by his compatriots will be assisted by his compatriots: line judges Diego Barbero and Angel Nevado, the fourth referee is Guillermo Guarda.
The match will be broadcast live on the MEGOGO service and on regional Suspilne TV channels.
Situation in the group, options for Ukraine
The first direct ticket from Group C to Euro 2024 has already been won by England, which has 19 points after seven matches, and is out of reach of either Ukraine or Italy, who had 13 points each before the decisive match.
However, the Italians have an advantage in head-to-head meetings. 12 September, the Italian national team beat Ukraine 2-1. For two hours, Fratesi, our players responded with a goal by Yarmolenko.
This means that even a draw will not suit our players - in order to take second place in order to take second place and get a direct ticket to the Euros, it is necessary to to beat the Italians.
Regardless of the outcome of the match with the Italians, Ukraine will be able to continue to fight for a ticket to Euro 2024 through the Nations League playoffs. In this case, Ukraine's rivals will be known after all the matches of the of the main group round.
Bookmakers' odds
Bookmakers consider our our rivals. Bets on the victory of the Italian national team are accepted with odds of 1.92, 4.20 on the victory of the Ukrainian national team, and 3.64 on a draw.
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