Our prediction for this Euro 2024 match:
Romania
Match Time & Date:
17/06/2024
15:00
Prediction: 1-2
Ukraine
Following an embarrassing goalless draw with Liechtenstain, Romania will look to give fans some cheer when they face Ukraine in their EURO 2024 opener. The Tricolori failed to win the previous four friendly games and, as a result, home win should not be considered. Experienced midfielder Nicolae Stanciu is widely expected to return to the starting XI after coming as a substitute in the aforementioned draw with Liechtenstein.
The Ukrainians, on the other hand, aim to recover from a 3-1 loss to Poland. The good news for the nominal visitors is that Chelsea ace Mykhailo Mudryk has overcome his injury. As all Oleksandr Zinchenko, Viktor Tsygankov, and Artem Dovbyk are fit for the EURO 2024 opener as well, we are tempted to put our money on Sergiy Rebrov’s charges. You should know that the two national teams have never met before at the European Championship.
Highlighted Player (Andriy Yarmolenko):
Arguably the most exciting Ukrainian player at the moment, Andriy Yarmolenko is the 26-year-old forward, who can play wide as a winger and fill in numerous positions in attack. Over the past few years there has been a gathering feeling that the player has outgrown the Ukrainian League and that with the player surpassing the 200-game mark for Dynamo Kyiv Yarmolenko should be heading west to Europe’s brighter stage.
Wanted and scouted by Spanish giants Barcelona, Yarmolenko attracted interest from many other clubs, predominantly from the Premier League, and was even close to joining Everton in summer 2016, but the Goodison outfit’s offer came too late to the Ukrainian club.
Talented forward is a free-scoring machine who has already scored more than 115 goals for the club he spent his entire career with. The two-footed winger is equally adept through the middle and is a versatile force that would be a good addition to any self-respecting European side.
Yarmolenko made hi Ukraine debut in 2009 and has so far been capped 63 times, during which he scored 26 goals for the national set-up.
Highlighted Team (Romania):
Romania were one of just four European sides to take part at the first ever World Cup in 1930, and the team have since achieved respectable results on the international stage, albeit failing to challenge for major trophies.
Led by arguably their best ever footballer Gheorghe Hagi, the Tricolorii narrowly missed out on the semi-finals at the 1994 World Cup in the United States, losing to Sweden on penalties. Romania made a total of seven appearances at the World Cup finals, while qualifying for five European Championship tournaments. The Tricolorii went the farthest in 2000, when they were eliminated by Italy in the quarter-finals.
Tied at the top of the goalscoring charts, Gheorghe Hagi and Adrian Mutu are the only two Romanian footballers to have gained worldwide recognition, but Dorinel Munteanu, Dan Petrescu, Gheorghe Popescu and Viorel Moldovan are also worth mention. Romania play their home games at the Arena National in Bucarest.
Leganes
Real Madrid 
Milan 
AS Roma 
Newcastle 
Arsenal 
Real Sociedad 
Osasuna 
Liverpool
Tottenham
Valencia 
Barcelona
