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| Wales v Ukraine - 2002 World Cup. | ||||||
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| Match Report |
| An injury-hit Wales came so close to
victory against an impressive Ukrainian side. A first-half volley from the impressive John
Hartson, his third goal in his last two international matches gave Wales the lead at the
break. The outstanind Andrey Shevchenko equalised early in the second half to deny Wales
much needed win. The side showed four changes from the one that drew 2-2 in Yerevan four days earlier. Matthew Jones and Carl Robinson replaced the injured Mark Pembridge and the suspended John Robinson in midfield. Ryan Giggs returned instead of Dean Saunders whilst Andy Legg was replaced at left back by Darren Barnard. . |
| Key moments |
| First half |
| 12 mins: From a Speed flick on a Hartson volley flies into the roof of the net. |
| Wales..1 Ukraine..0 |
| 21 mins: A Shevchenko shot beats Jones and clips the bar. |
| 27 mins: Shevchenko cuts in from the left-hand side and sends a low shot past the diving Jones and wide of the far post. |
| Half time score Wales..1 Ukraine..0 |
| 52 mins: Nesmachnyi got down the left beat two defenders and crossed for Shevchenko to tap in from six yards. |
| Wales..1 Ukraine..1 |
| 68 mins: A Hartson volley from 20 yards was held by Shovkovski. |
| 72 mins: Bellamy broke into the box on the left, but hit his shot high and wide over the far post. |
| 90 mins: Vorobei was away on the right only for Jones to save his shot superbly. |
| injury time: Bellamy with the last kick of the match, cut inside a defender on the left, only for his shot to be saved by Shovovski. |
| Full-time score Wales..1 Ukraine..1 |
| Reaction |
| We were happy with the performance of
the team but disappointed that we have not been able to secure three points. There were a
lot of positive performances from my players. We had a lot injuries to contend with but
those who came in did very, very well. - Mark Hughes It was a very important game psychologically for us because we expect to most of our points at home. - Ukraine assistant coach Leonid Bouryak. |
| Team line-ups | |
| Wales | Ukraine |
| 1 - Paul
Jones 2 - Mark Delaney 3 - Darren Barnard 4 - Andy Melville 5 - Robert Page 6 - Carl Robinson 7 - Matthew Jones 8 - Craig Bellamy 9 - John Hartson 10 - Gary Speed 11 - Ryan Giggs 12 - Kit Symons 14 - Dean Saunders 15 - Iwan Roberts 16 - Simon Davies 17 - Andy Legg 18 - Stephen Jenkins 21 - Mark Crossley |
1 - Shovkovski 2 - Luzhny 3 - Nesmachny 4 - Holovko 5 - Vaschuk 6 - Tymoschuk 7 - Shevchenko 8 - Popov 9 - Yashkin 10 - Vorobey 11 - Rebrov 12 - Levytskyy 13 - Granovskyy 14 - Dmytrulin 15 - Fedorov 16 - Konovplov 17 - Kardash 18 - Melaschenko |
| Match details | |
| Half-time | 1-0 |
| Full-time | 1-1 |
| Date | 28.03.2001 |
| Kick off | 7.30pm |
| Venue | Millennium Stadium |
| City / town | Cardiff |
| Attendance | 48,014 |
| Referee | Eric Romain, Belgium |
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