Euro 2024 playoffs: Ukraine's emotional win, historical past for Georgia

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The 24-team discipline for this summer time’s European Championship will probably be cemented Tuesday, because the final three event berths are being determined by the qualifying playoffs. Beneath, we’re monitoring the outcomes of the all-or-nothing playoff finals that’ll determine which nations seal last-gasp spots on the marquee occasion in Germany and which of them narrowly miss out.

Path A

ONGOING: Wales 0-0 Poland

Match in further time.

Path B

Ukraine 2-1 Iceland

Ukraine confirmed unbelievable willpower to safe its place at Euro 2024. After staging an epic late comeback of their playoff semifinal win over Bosnia and Herzegovina final week, the Ukrainians showcased their preventing spirit as soon as extra on Tuesday, overturning a halftime deficit to defeat Iceland 2-1 and attain this summer time’s event.

Albert Gudmundsson, Iceland’s most harmful participant, opened the scoring with a sensational solo objective within the thirtieth minute, maneuvering round a number of defenders earlier than unleashing an unstoppable shot from outdoors the realm. However Ukraine took management after the break, equalizing 9 minutes into the second half courtesy of a equally splendid effort from Viktor Tsyhankov. Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk delivered the winner with a low strike into the underside nook within the 84th minute, sending the predominantly Ukrainian crowd inside Poland’s Wroclaw Stadium right into a frenzy; Ukraine continues to play its “residence” matches elsewhere because of the ongoing Russian invasion. Each second-half tallies had been arrange by Georgiy Sudakov, the ascendant 21-year-old Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder who’s catching the attention of Europe’s prime golf equipment.

Sergiy Rebrov’s group will now slot into Group E at Euro 2024, a good quartet that options Belgium, Slovakia, and Romania.

Path C

Georgia 0-0 Greece (Georgia wins 4-2 on penalties)

Georgia certified for a serious event for the primary time as an impartial nation after beating Greece in a penalty shootout in Tbilisi. The primary of three playoff finals was excessive on power and low on high quality for almost all of the competition, with only a single shot heading in the right direction between the groups after 90 minutes.

Georgia, which separated from the Soviet Union in 1991, survived a scare within the 102nd minute when Konstantinos Mavropanos smacked the crossbar with a leaping header off a nook kick. It then withstood the injury-forced departure of star participant Khvicha Kvaratskhelia earlier than going to penalties. Giorgi Mamardashvili saved the primary of Greece’s spot-kicks, and Nika Kvekveskiri dispatched the decisive objective into the underside left nook to ship the 55,000 in attendance into rapture.

Georgia will face Turkey, Portugal, and Czechia in Group F, whereas Greece should wait to make a primary main event look since 2014.

Accomplished Euro 2024 teams

With the Euro 2024 draw being carried out months earlier than the completion of the playoff matches, Tuesday’s members already knew their assigned teams and opponents ought to they attain the event.

Group A
Germany 🇩🇪
Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Hungary 🇭🇺
Switzerland 🇨🇭