3 Great for Romania over Ukraine

The outstanding actor

Nicolahi Stancio, score: 8
Whoever scored the first goal demonstrated dominance throughout the game and led his team to the huge and surprising victory

The disappointing player

Andrey Lunin, score: 4
Mihailo Modric did not deliver the goods in attack and recorded a very weak game, but the goalkeeper of Real Madrid even managed to surpass him with mistakes that led to the goals and the painful loss

The fifth round of Euro 2024 opened today (Monday), with a tremendous display by the Romanian national team, which surprised Ukraine at the Allianz Arena in Munich with a big 0:3 against all odds and registered a significant advance towards the knockout stages of the European Championship.

As mentioned, the Ukrainians came to the meeting as favorites and even started the game great with high pressure and opportunities to score, but saw the Romanians provide a celebration, a celebration that opened in the 29th minute with a crazy goal by Nikolahi Stanchio who unleashed a tremendous kick outside the box straight to the connections of Andrei Lunin.

In the second half, Razvan Marin also scored a great goal, when he sent a strong kick, also outside the box, straight to the far corner. Lunin in a weak game made a serious mistake when he barely deflected the ball that penetrated the net and doubled the advantage of the Romanians in the 53rd minute. If that wasn’t enough, only four minutes later Denis Dragosh pushed the third from close range and determined the final result that gave the Romanians great hope for the continuation.

In the next round of the fifth round, the Romanians will meet the excellent Belgium team, and hope to provide another surprise in order to secure the ticket to the knockout stages, while on the other hand, Ukraine will play against Slovakia and hope to recover from the painful loss and return to the competition.

second half

Oleksandr Zinchenko thanks the crowd at the end (Reuters)

Romanian team players celebrate at the end (Reuters)

The Romanians celebrate at the end (Reuters)

’90+4
The final whistle at Allianz Arena! A huge surprise for Romania that achieves a tremendous 0:3 over Ukraine

’86
Bogdan Rakubitan came on instead of the scorer of the first goal, Nikolahi Stancio

’84
Mihailo Modric had a great opportunity in the box, but sent the ball out of bounds

’83
Ruslan Malinovsky replaced Georgi Sudakov

’76
Georgi Sudakov came close to reducing the score with a powerful kick from distance, but Nita reacted well and pushed the ball away

Rado Dragushin against Artem Dubbyk (Reuters)

’75
The goal scorer, Denis Dragoš, made way for Djorja Puskas

’75
Adrian Ross replaces Marius Marin

Mikola Sparenko vs. Marius Marin (Reuters)

’72
Another substitution in Ukraine: Oleksandr Tymchik came on instead of Yevhen Konoflia

Andrei Ratio vs. Oleksandr Zinchenko (Reuters)

’62
Vladimir Brazhko replaced Thares Stefanenko

’62
Roman Yaramchuk went up, Mykola Shafarenko went down

’62
Triple substitution in Ukraine: Viktor Tsygangkov made way for Andriy Yarmolenko

Romania's coach, Eduard Lordanescu (Reuters)

’62
Yannis Haji replaced Florinal Coman

’62
Double substitution in Romania: Denis Mann made way for Valentin Mihila

Denis Dragosh celebrates with Romanian players (Reuters)

’57
Gate! Romania went up 0:3: a tremendous blitz by the Romanians ended with a close push by Denis Dragosh, who easily scored the third

Romanian national team players celebrate (Reuters)

’53
Gate! Romania went up 0:2: Razvan Marin unleashed a tremendous kick from a distance, Lunin did not react well and the ball penetrated the net

Andrey Borka and Artem Dubbik in the fight (Reuters)

’46
At the very beginning of the second half, Florinal Koeman was close to doubling the lead with a good kick from a distance, but unfortunately the ball went over the crossbar

first half

Artem Dubbić among the players of Romania (Reuters)

’40
Stanchio approached a corner kick and unleashed a powerful and spinning ball towards the goal, but was stopped by Lunin’s crossbar

’37
The ball landed at Mihailo Modric in the box, but the winger from a difficult angle was unable to kick into the frame

The Romans celebrate with Nicolai Stancio (Reuters)

The mighty goal of Nicolai Stancio (Reuters)

’29
Gate! Romania went up 0:1: the Romanian attack increased the pressure, Nicolahi Stancio took advantage of confusion in the defense and sent a powerful kick straight to Lunin’s connections! What a great goal!

’8
Immediately after the Ukrainian attack, Marius Marin got into an excellent kicking position at the other end, but squeezed a good save from Andrei Lunin