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Ukraine has advanced to the finals of Euro 2020 following an impressive first-half enabled them with a 2-1 home win against Portugal. This led Ukraine at the top of the table with 19 points of 7 games. It is 8 points more than Portugal, the second-placed European champions. Serbia is in the third position with 10 points from 6 games after Aleksandar Mitrovic gave them a win at Lithuania with 2-1 score.
The rankings of the national football teams of the world have been once again refreshed by the International Football Association (FIFA). The first three positions of the ranking have been achieved by Belgium, France, and Brazil. Crossing over every other nation, the first position has been taken over by Belgium, followed by France and Brazil in the second and third places respectively. Belgium remains as the leader of the ranking list. The positions for Brazil and France have been different earlier but both of them have changed in the position according to the list that has been recently released by FIFA.
Recovering from the shock of lagging behind to a penalty at an early half of the match, Ukraine defeated South Korea by 3-1 and won the World Cup Final of u-20/. The star player for Ukraine was Vladyslav Supriaha, the nineteen-year-old player who scored twice as his country lifted the prestigious title for the 1st time. They succeed in the England side from 2017. The Koreans are going to take a lead in Lodz at central Poland with as Lee Kang transformed the 5th-minute penalty given after the review from VAR. this was when Kim Se-Yun was fouled at the edge of the box.
After missing the UEFA Nations League, it remains to be seen of Cristiano Ronaldo will be back in the starting lineup for Portugal’s home match against Ukraine. Portugal take on Ukraine in the first Euro 2020 qualifier. The defending champions were able to claim the first European Championship success in 2016 and this follows a string of good results for the national team that began in 1966. Portugal have been able to finish in the semifinals on two occasions, as the runner-up on one occasion, and winnerin the latest edition. Ukraine have their work cut out against this formidable record.
Latest news from Italy reports that Roma are looking to bring in Ukranian midfielder RuslanMalinovskyi in the summer. The 25-year-old midfielder currently plays for Belgian side Genk and has been touted as one of the top talents in the Belgium Pro League.
Europa League match of Arsenal to be held in Kiev as planned. The initial destination was Vorskla Poltava which has now been switched and is to be held in Kiev. There had been concerns before but now UEFA has confirmed about the go-ahead for the game.
Unai Emery continues with a good start at Arsenal with 8 wins from about 13 league games. Arsenal is known to have extended the undefeated run to seventeen games against Bournemouth securing a 2-1 win in Vitality Stadium.
During the playing career of AndriySchevchenko, he was able to mark his name in the history-books of the Italian outfit Ac.Milan after having spent 7 seasons in San Siro and managing to win the UEFA Champions League as well as various other pieces of silverware.
Arsenal right-back Hector Bellerin has reportedly put an end to the speculation regarding his future. The Spain international has regularly been associated with a return to Barcelona but he has now refuted the speculation by citing that he has no plans of leaving the Gunners, who have made the footballer he is today.
Ukraine National Police have been conducting raids on football clubs in eleven regions as they carry out investigations into football match fixing, reports claim. The searches happened on the 26th of June as the economic crime arm of the National Police raided match organizers, former and current football players and other unit officials involved.
