Game with Validol. Ukraine national team wins from Estonia

After winning the opening match at the European Championship, it was important for the Ukrainian team to consolidate their success. In addition, a victory against Estonia is an almost guaranteed ticket to the playoffs. Our opponent today lost to the Italian national team in his first match.

But it was the Estonians who started the meeting aggressively and organized a breakthrough with a score of 10:0. True, then the Ukrainians minimized the score with their scum. Still, the “blue-yellow” was not very successful. Also, Ukrainian basketball players accumulated five team fouls quite quickly in the first quarter. And the Estonians almost did not miss the penalty line. Another breakthrough for the Estonians took place before the first break, and the team finished the quarter with Estonia’s six-point lead.

In the second quarter, events developed according to a similar scenario. Its beginning was behind the Estonians, then the Ukrainians pulled themselves up. And before the big break, two effective attacks of the “blue-yellows” reduced the difference to two points – 33:35.

The third quarter started with an accurate long-range shot from the Estonians who continued to lead the score. And with a ten-point delay of the Ukrainian team, the result of the match became quite alarming. Fortunately, Sanon’s proactive approach narrowed the gap. Before the fourth quarter, the Estonians were leading with a five-point lead.

And at the beginning of the fourth ten-minute period, Sidorov equalized the result with two attacks. True, the Estonians soon took the lead again and staged a 5-0 move. After our team’s break, the “swing” continued on the field. The result came one minute before the end of the fourth quarter. Mikhailyuk did not succeed with a shot from behind the arc, but Sidorov played perfectly, “floating” from behind his opponent and scoring two points. Thus, the Ukrainian team took the lead for the first time in the match. And that was enough to win because no team has scored more points.

The Blue-Yellows won a very difficult and important victory. On Monday, our team will meet with Italy.

European Championship Group C

Estonia – Ukraine – 73:74 (21:15, 14:18, 26:23, 12:18)

Estonia: Raieste (9), Sokk (2), Dorbek, Kriisa (9 + 8 assists), Kullamäe (11), Drell (10), Tass (1), Vene, Kotsar (17 + 9 rebounds), Joesaar (5), Kitsing (9), Nurger.

Ukraine: Bobrov (2 + 5 rebounds), Bliznyuk (4 + 9 rebounds + 5 assists), Gerun (12), Pustovoy, Sanon (10), Lan (7), Zotov, Mikhailyuk (18), Skapintsev, Sidorov (11), Tkachenko (10 + 5 rebounds), Lukashov.

ESTONIA – UKRAINE. TEXT BROADCAST OF THE MATCH