England Under-21s suffered their first competitive defeat in more than a year as they were beaten by Ukraine in a Euro 2025 qualifying game in Slovakia.
Ukraine were 2-0 up at half-time, with Nazar Voloshyn’s calm low finish and a superb Oleh Ocheretko free-kick putting them in command.
Noni Madueke then curled in to give England hope before Charlie Cresswell’s 89th-minute header made it 2-2.
But Illia Kvasnytsya’s strike deep into stoppage time won it for Ukraine.
More to follow.
Line-ups
Ukraine U21
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Neshcheret
- 5RomanBooked at 90mins
- 13Salyuk
- 16Batagov
- 2Vivcharenko
- 21Bragaru
- 10YarmolyukSubstituted forYatsykat 82′minutes
- 17Brazhko
- 11VoloshynSubstituted forKvasnytsyaat 74′minutes
- 7ViunnykSubstituted forKrasnopirat 59′minutes
- 8OcheretkoSubstituted forRubchynskyiat 74′minutesBooked at 90mins
Substitutes
- 4Didyk
- 6Kucheryavyi
- 14Kvasnytsya
- 15Smolyakov
- 18Yatsyk
- 19Gunichev
- 20Krasnopir
- 22Rubchynskyi
- 23Fesyun
England U21
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Trafford
- 20LivramentoSubstituted forNorton-Cuffyat 73′minutes
- 4CresswellBooked at 90mins
- 5Branthwaite
- 3HumphreysSubstituted forIling-Juniorat 58′minutes
- 2LewisBooked at 66mins
- 6HackneySubstituted forDelapat 58′minutes
- 19Elliott
- 7McAteeSubstituted forRoweat 73′minutes
- 21Bynoe-GittensSubstituted forPhilogeneat 57′minutes
- 11Madueke
Substitutes
- 8Patino
- 9Delap
- 12Norton-Cuffy
- 14A Ramsey
- 16Quansah
- 17Iling-Junior
- 18Rowe
- 22Cox
- 23Philogene
Live Text
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Match ends, Ukraine U21 3, England U21 2.
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Second Half ends, Ukraine U21 3, England U21 2.
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Corner, England U21. Conceded by Ruslan Neshcheret.
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Attempt saved. Jarrad Branthwaite (England U21) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Harvey Elliott with a cross.
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Charlie Cresswell (England U21) is shown the yellow card.
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Vitalii Roman (Ukraine U21) is shown the yellow card.
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Noni Madueke (England U21) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Illia Kvasnytsya (Ukraine U21).
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Goal! Ukraine U21 3, England U21 2. Illia Kvasnytsya (Ukraine U21) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Valentyn Rubchynskyi.
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Attempt missed. Ihor Krasnopir (Ukraine U21) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Maksym Bragaru.
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Valentyn Rubchynskyi (Ukraine U21) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Rico Lewis (England U21) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Valentyn Rubchynskyi (Ukraine U21).
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Foul by Jonathan Rowe (England U21).
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Ihor Krasnopir (Ukraine U21) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Attempt saved. Harvey Elliott (England U21) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Noni Madueke.
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Corner, England U21. Conceded by Arsenii Batagov.
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Goal! Ukraine U21 2, England U21 2. Charlie Cresswell (England U21) header from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Harvey Elliott with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, England U21. Conceded by Kostiantyn Vivcharenko.
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Foul by Jaden Philogene (England U21).
