Ukraine U20 meets Panama U20 in the World Cup U20 1/8 finals. The match will be played on Monday, June 3rd at Tychy City Stadium (Tychy)
The Ukrainian youth team got out from the group from the 1st place, defeating the Americans and Qatar and playing a draw with Nigeria in the last match. Such a result suited the men of Petrakov, and they became the winner of the group and got such (put it mildly) a not the strongest rival in the 1/8 finals. By the way, in that match against Nigeria, the coach of the Ukrainians quite boldly substituted 7 regular players.
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Thanks to the victory in the last round, Panama took only 3rd place in its group, where it played with the national teams of France, Mali and Saudi Arabia (Panama beat it). The team from North America lost the 2nd place to the Africans in terms of additional fixtures. At the same time, Panama managed to defend the 4th place among all the teams who took the 3rd place in their groups, which allows it to continue the fight in the playoffs.
Bookmakers put quite high odds for the victory of Ukraine, which is likely to take place. And it will take place not only because the Ukrainians won the group, but the Panamanians advanced to the playoffs only by the additional fixtures, and not only because the squad of the Europeans is at least not weaker than the opponent’s. For example, Bondar and Kashchuk belong to Shakhtar, Popov - to Dynamo (Kyiv), Sikan plays for Mariupol, and Lunin is the goalkeeper of Leganes and belongs to Real in general... But Ukraine also plays practically at home. It borders with Poland, where the championship takes place. And Panama is a representative of the distant zone of CONCACAF. Moreover, this team has already tumbled over itself. On the other hand, the leaders of the Ukrainian team had some rest, and they will be fresh in the upcoming game.
Prediction for the match: Ukraine U20 to win
