Euro 2020: Ukraine increase knockout hopes with 2-1 win over North Macedonia

Andriy Yarmolenko grabbed a objective and an help as Ukraine edged out North Macedonia 2-1 on Thursday to spice up their possibilities of reaching the European Championship knockout levels, leaving their opponents’ hopes hanging by a thread.
Yarmolenko put Ukraine forward from a nook within the twenty ninth minute, popping up on the again put up to beat Stole Dimitrievski with a side-footed end after latching on to Oleksandr Karavaev’s flick on.
Ukraine’s captain helped double the lead 5 minutes later, receiving the ball extensive on the correct and discovering Roman Yaremchuk, who raced into the penalty space and bent a low shot previous Dimitrievski on the close to put up.

🇺🇦 Andriy Yarmolenko & Roman Yaremchuk have each scored in every of Ukraine’s final 3 matches ⚽️⚽️#EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/v9eH8k6bd0
— UEFA EURO 2020 (@EURO2020) June 17, 2021
Ezgjan Alioski dragged North Macedonia again into the match from a 57th-minute penalty after Karavaev fouled Goran Pandev. Georgiy Bushchan saved the spot kick however the ball rebounded straight again to Alioski who fired house his second try.
Ukraine have been awarded a late penalty after Daniel Avramovski was adjudged to have dealt with the ball following a video assistant referee intervention however Dimitrievski batted away Ruslan Malinovskyi’s effort from the spot.
The defeat means North Macedonia, who misplaced 3-1 to Austria of their first recreation in Group C, want Austria to beat Netherlands afterward Thursday if they’re prolong their keep at their first main event.