The failure in the second half made the team Ukraine, the underdog in the fight for qualifying for the 2018 world Cup.
The first half passed in mutual struggle. Guests also active Konoplyanka with a long range to find the strike tried Malinowski. Icelanders at the first opportunity tried to ship the ball into the box Pyatov, but the Ukrainians in the first half, the defense looked solid.
The key episode of the match came in the 47th minute following a feed forward of the national team of Iceland crashed into the net, but the referee of the match Williams Kollam ignored the foul and allowed Sigurdsson to score into an empty net.
Ukrainians are permanently wilted and gave signs of life only five minutes before the final whistle. By the time star Sigurdsson scored a brace, and therefore no doubt in the victory of the hosts had any…
Iceland – Ukraine 2:0
Goals: Sigurdsson, 47, 60
The sixth of October, the Ukraine national team on departure will play with Kosovo, and qualifying wards of Andrei Shevchenko will complete the ninth of October with a home match against Croatia. With today’s defeat against Iceland even now six points does not guarantee a “blue-yellow” at least second place and a spot in the play-offs.
Kosovo – Finland 0:1
Goal: Pukki, 83
Turkey – Croatia 1:0
Goal: Tosun, 75
Standings: Croatia, Iceland – 16, Turkey, Ukraine – 14, Finland – 7, Kosovo – 1.
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