Selection for the 2018 world Cup. Iceland – Ukraine. Announcement

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The national team of Ukraine in Reykjavik will hold a crucial qualifying match for the 2018 world Cup.

The convincing victory over Turkey significantly increased the chances of the Ukrainian team in the second-ever trip to the final stage of the world Cup. “Blue-yellow” on two points behind Croatia but have left the home in-person meeting. And yet think about the Croats even earlier, first you need to take points from Iceland, which in the last round unexpectedly lost to Finland and find themselves in a difficult position.

The first match between Iceland and Ukraine held in September of last year in Kiev – in an empty stadium, the team Andriy Shevchenko was close to victory, but the penalty kick performed by Yevhen Konoplyanka is not allowed to beat the sensation of Euro 2016.

In the match with Iceland can play after the disqualification Yaroslav Rakitskiy, overcame effects of disease Denys Harmash, but there are problems: the main right-back Bohdan Butko because of damage to the adductor muscles the day before the match training.

The national team of Ukraine already has experience of winning matches in faraway Iceland. In the selection for Euro 2000, the only goal of Serhiy Rebrov has allowed it to get an important away victory.

Preliminary formulations:

Iceland: Halldorsson — Severson, R. Sigurdsson, Magnusson, Arnason — Bjarnason, Hallfredsson, Gunnarsson, Gudmundsson, Sigurdsson — Finnbogason.
Ukraine: Pyatov — Butko, Khacheridi, Rakitskiy, Matvienko, Stepanenko And Garmash; Konoplyanka, Yarmolenko Besedin.

Stream: TRK “Ukraine”, 21:45

Prediction: 1:1

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