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Unlike the Scandinavian national teams, which openly ignored the principle of sportsmanship in their match against each other, the Czech team found another, more honest way to keep one of the tournament favorites – the German team – out of the ¼ finals, by defeating the Bundesteam 2:1 and closing the door to the…
Yes, Ukraine is not the only one that "rich" Europe has match-fixing.
Even before the start of the tournament, the Spaniards, if they were not classified as favorites of the Euro, were at least seen as being in the next round, and moreover in the company of the Portuguese.
In turn, the current European champions managed to unlock the Balkans' goal in the 23rd minute of the game. Once again Zidane created a miracle from a free kick, sending the ball into the far corner of the goal.
Overall, the Russians' play in this match can be divided into two parts. Playing with a full complement, and playing short-handed. At the same time, having one player fewer, the Russians looked more interesting.
From match to match, the "Portuguese" Euro is acquiring, it seems, the outlines that we expected from it — uncompromising struggle in every match from the referee's starting whistle to the last, spectacular and effective combinations, fast attacks and counterattacks in response, phenomenal saves by goalkeepers...
A free-kick strike In the 38th minute, Frank Lampard opened the scoring, and it seemed that the reigning European champions would begin EURO 2004 with a defeat. However, the Real Madrid playmaker equalized on the first minute of stoppage time with a brilliant free-kick strike.
Ukraine's national team lost its 100th anniversary match and its 5th under the leadership of Oleh Blokhin. At the Stade de France stadium, the "blue-and-yellows" lost 0:1 to the European champions, the French.
Donetsk "Shakhtar" became the winner of the Ukrainian Football Cup for the fifth time in its history. \nIn the final match, which took place at the NSC "Olimpiysky" in Kyiv, "Shakhtar" defeated Dnipropetrovsk "Dnipro" with a score of 2:0.
The quarterfinal stage of the Women's World Championship, which is taking place in Elista, will be represented by only one Ukrainian woman. Olena Zhukova, having played to a 1:1 draw with Bulgarian Stefanova in the round of 16, managed to defeat her opponent in the blitz tiebreak with a score of 2:0.