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Ukraine score late in extra time, beat Sweden at Euro 2020

Published:Wednesday | June 30, 2021 | 12:11 AM
Ukraine’s Artem Dovbyk (right) scores his side’s second goal during the Euro 2020 Championship round-of-16 match between Sweden and Ukraine at the Hampden Park Stadium in Glasgow yesterday. Ukraine won 2-1 in extra time.
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Ukraine’s Artem Dovbyk (right) scores his side’s second goal during the Euro 2020 Championship round-of-16 match between Sweden and Ukraine at the Hampden Park Stadium in Glasgow yesterday. Ukraine won 2-1 in extra time.

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP):

Ukraine reached the round of 16 at the European Championship with the worst record of the advancing teams.

And now the quarter-finals, too.

Ukraine eliminated previously unbeaten Sweden 2-1 yesterday with a goal in stoppage time at the end of extra time. Substitute Artem Dovbyk stooped low to guide a header from Oleksandr Zinchenko’s cross past goalkeeper Robin Olsen.

Ukraine coach Andriy Shevchenko ran down the sideline to celebrate a goal that sends his team to Rome to face England on Saturday.

Zinchenko had given Ukraine the lead in the 27th minute when he rifled in a low shot set up by a crafty pass from captain Andriy Yarmolenko. Emil Forsberg’s deflected shot in the 43rd minute equalised for Sweden. It was his fourth goal of the tournament.

Forsberg then had shots hit the post and the crossbar as Sweden created more chances in the second half.

The momentum shifted in extra time when Sweden defender Marcus Danielson was sent off in the 98th minute for following through on a challenge with a raised boot on substitute Artem Besedin.