Ukraine’s football team defeats Morocco 2–1 at Olympics group stage
Pravda Ukraine
The Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium in Saint-Étienne hosted a match of the second round of the 2024 Olympic Games football tournament, in which the Ukrainian national team faced Morocco.
Source: Champion
Details: The Ukrainian team earlier lost to Iraq and needed to secure a victory against Morocco, the group favourite.
Halfway through the first half, the Ukrainian team scored its first goal.
After the half-time, the referee awarded a penalty kick to the Moroccan team and Morocco’s Soufiane Rahimi scored a goal. Moreover, after reviewing video footage, the referee issued a red card to one of the Ukrainian players, Volodymyr Saliuk, in lieu of the yellow card he was given earlier.
In stoppage time, the Ukrainian team scored a second goal with only 10 team members remaining on the pitch and snatched the victory.
In the third round of the group stage, Ukraine will play against Argentina on 30 July, and Morocco will face Iraq. After two rounds, all four teams have three points each. Two best teams in the group will advance to the playoffs.
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