Andri Jarmolenko pushed the ball into his own net and donated the World Cup place to Wales.
Sodan devastated Ukraine got world-wide support behind it on Sunday night as it played football from the World Cup venue against Wales.
In the follow-up match in Cardiff, Wales, the last team from Europe to compete was settled.
Wales won the match 1-0. Ukraine scored their own goal after 34 minutes.
Winger Andri Jarmolenko rushed to block Gareth Balen shot a free kick just wide of the goal.
In the light of the statistics, the result flattered Wales. Ukraina claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them – possession being 61 percent. A total of a staggering 24 paint attempts were recorded for the blue shirts.
Other tickets for further qualifiers were already distributed in March, but for Ukraine the qualifiers were postponed for a few months. In the first game on Wednesday, Scotland fell 3-1.
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Because of the war, the match in Wales is of particular importance to the Ukrainians. The venue brings light to people’s lives.
Midfielder of the Ukrainian national team Taras Stepanenko said Guardianillethat the first qualifying match against Scotland had been tense to the front.
When Stepanenko looked at the phone after the game, one of the many messages had come from a friend of his who is currently fighting in the army against Russia.
The soldiers had found in their hands a screen from which they had been able to watch the match. After the Scottish Callum McGregor had scored a goal where the ball just crossed the goal line, worries about the war were forgotten for a moment.
The soldier’s anger had turned to that of a football fan.
“The guy said the soldiers at the border had thought the ball didn’t cross the finish line,” Stepanenko told the Guardian.
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