Italy booked their ticket to Euro 2024 with a gritty 0-0 draw against Ukraine in a tense match at BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany, because the Ukraine and Russia war is still on, which is why the match was played on the neutral stadium.
The game was full of chances for both teams, but neither team failed to score or capitalize on the chances both teams got in the match, so they ended up 0-0. Italy secured its place in the UEFA European Championship of 2024, but Ukraine needs to fight for it in the next qualifying round, which will happen in the 2024 Jan-Feb.
The result meant that Italy finished top of their qualifying group with 24 points, 18 months after they suffered a humiliating exit from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The Azzurri had also failed to qualify for the previous edition in Russia and only made it to Euro 2020 as the champions after beating England on penalties in the final.
Italy will hope to defend their title next summer, while Ukraine will have to try their luck in the playoffs, which will take place in March. Serhiy Rebrov’s team finished second in the group with 19 points but could not break down the resilient Italian defense, which kept their ninth clean sheet in ten games.
It was a tight game but had some drama at the end of the when VAR did not give a penalty in the extra time when the Chelsea pacey winger Mykhailo Mudryk got tackled in the Italy penalty area but not given a penalty, which was not the right decision suggested by many experts and ended up the game in 0-0 Draw.
After the match, when the Ukraine team is about to return to the hotel, one of the fans shouts at Mudryk that London is red, which is pointed towards Arsenal as he was an Arsenal fan. After that, Mudryk replied why are you asking for a photo of me.
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