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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