At the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Dusseldorf, at 3.00 pm, the match valid for the second day of Group E of Euro2024, between Slovakia and Ukraine, will be staged.
The two teams find themselves in two completely opposite situations: the boys coached by Calzona surprised on their debut, beating Belgium 1-0 thanks to Schranz’s goal. A victory in this match would guarantee the Slovaks the round of 16 of the European Championship.
On the other hand, Ukraine is looking for redemption: the 3-0 defeat against Romania was unexpected and too bad. Rubrov must immediately shake up his team to still have any chance of going through to the round.
In direct comparisons, Ukraine is ahead of Slovakia, with 3 wins to 2 and only one draw between the two teams.
How Slovakia arrives
You don’t change a team that wins and Calzona seems intent on following this line: everyone should be confirmed except the scorer Schranz, with Suslov eager to take his place. The Italian coach’s classic setup, a 4-3-3 made up of Dubravka in goal, a four-man defensive line made up of Pekarik, Vavro, Skriniar and Hancko. In midfield still the acquaintances of our Serie A: Kucka, Duda and Lobotka. In attack, as mentioned, Suslov and Haraslin will act on Bozenik’s sides.
How Ukraine gets there
Rubrov changes, in his 4-3-3 there will be several confirmations, but also some run-offs, starting from the goal: Lunin, after the errors against Romania, risks his place in favor of Trubin; Konoplya, Zabarnyi and Matvijenko should be regularly deployed from the first minute, while Zinchenko is not sure of his place and is pawing at Mykolenko behind him. In midfield the new player should be Ruslan Malinovskyi alongside Brazkho and Sudakov. Dovbyk still in the center forward role, alongside him Tsygankov and Mudryk.