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Debuting at the World Cup, Ukraine defeated the Tunisian national team with a minimal advantage and advanced to the next stage. The only goal from the penalty spot came from A. Shevchenko. In the quarter-finals, Ukraine will likely face the French national team, who will play their last match in the evening against Togo.
Stadium: Berlin Olympiastadion, 72000 Spectators Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) Ukraine 1 - 0 Tunisia 70' [1 - 0] Andriy Shevchenko Z. Jaziri was removed from the pitch in the 45+1' minute Ukraine: Shovkovskiy, Nesmachniy, Rusol, Sviderskiy, Tymoschuk, Shelayev, Gusev, Rebrov(54‘ Vorobey ), Kalinichenko(75‘ Gusin ), Shevchenko(88‘ Milevskiy ), Voronin. Tunisia: Boumnijel, Haggui, Jaidi, Ayari, Trabelsi, Mnari, Bouazizi(79‘ Ben Saada ), Chedli (79‘ Santos ), Namouchi, Nafti (90‘ Ghodhbane ), Jaziri. During one of the first attacks, after stealing the ball from the Tunisian defender, A. Voronin could have developed a dangerous attack, but unsuccessfully passed the ball to Andriy Shevchenko and the defenders corrected their mistake. Both teams controlled the ball equally. While the Ukrainians pressed their opponents, they did not create dangerous situations near the goal, as precise passes were lacking. One of the chances to score after a longer break fell to the Ukrainian players when A. Tymoschuk passed the ball to Sheva in the penalty area, but two defenders next to him suppressed the emerging threat. Just 4 minutes later, a shot from A. Tymoschuk from the right went over the crossbar. At the end of the match, the Tunisian R. Bouazizi dangerously crossed the ball into the penalty area, but none of his teammates could capitalize on this sharp pass, and after receiving the second yellow card during extra time, the only nominal Tunisian forward Z. Jaziri left his team to play with 10 against 11. The halftime score was 0-0. The second half started very slowly. In the first more than 20 minutes, both teams did not strike at the opponent's goal even once, as they mostly played with the ball in their own half or in the center, and successful attacks were hindered by passing errors. Eventually, the Ukrainian players made a defensive error, holding down a Tunisian player illegally in their penalty area, and a shot from A. Ayari flew high above the goal, after hitting Voronin's hand, but the referee did not see it, and a penalty kick was not awarded. The first goal came in the 70th minute, when the Tunisian players brought down A. Shevchenko in the penalty area and a penalty kick was awarded to their goal, which Shevchenko scored himself. The result became 1-0 in favor of the Ukrainian national team. R. Lemmere tried to save the match by sending Ben Saada and Santos onto the field. The latter had the opportunity to equalize the score in extra time, but his headed shot missed the target. With this 1-0 result, the Ukrainian players advanced to the next stage of the competition, while the "Carthage Eagles" will have to go back home.
Ukraine - Tunisia 51 Ball possession 49 1 Goals 0 6 Shots (total) 6 5 Shots on goal 1 4 Corner kicks 3 18 Fouls 25 2 Offsides 3 4 Yellow cards 3 0 Red cards 1 38 Balls lost 42 12 Balls recovered 5
