Ukraine U21 vs Denmark U21: Euro 2025 Match Preview
On Thursday, June 12, the youth team of Ukraine will start at the European U-21 Championship. In the first round of the group stage, Unai Melgosa’s team will meet Denmark. The match will take place at the Tatran Arena stadium in Presov (Slovakia). The meeting will start at 19:00 Kyiv time.
The Ukrainian U-21 team, after a change of generations and coach, approaches the tournament with an ambitious mood. The team directly qualified for Euro 2025 thanks to a confident performance in the selection, leaving Serbia behind and only losing the championship to England at the last stage. However, the Ukrainians became the best team among other places and received a ticket without a playoff.
The Blue-Yellows have players with high transfer value, many of whom are leaders of their clubs in the UPL, and also play in Poland or England. In particular, the application includes Brentford midfielder Yegor Yarmolyuk. The approximate total cost of the squad exceeds 100 million euros.
The Danish U-21 team confidently passed the qualifying round, leaving Wales and the Czech Republic behind. Steffen Goyer’s charges finished the group with a comfortable advantage of three points. The Danes have a strong squad – among the leaders are Anton Gai from Ajax, Oscar Goilund from Eintracht and Konrad Gaarder from Sporting. The latter is already being compared with Sporting star Viktor Dekeres.
History of confrontations:
The U-21 teams of Ukraine and Denmark have met 7 times before. The balance is in favor of Denmark: 4 wins against 2 for Ukraine, another match ended in a draw. The goal difference is 14:11 in favor of the Scandinavians.
The last meeting took place in March 2023 in Turkey, where Ukraine won 3-2 thanks to goals from Bragar, Ocheretko and Sikan.
Judging panel:
Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)
Assistants: David Akhvlediani, David Gabisonia
Fourth official: Michal Ocenas (Slovakia)
VAR: Dragomir Draganov (Bulgaria), Lukas Fendrich (Switzerland)
By the way, it was Kikacheishvili who refereed the match in which Ukraine U-21 beat North Macedonia 4:0 in 2022, and Denmark with this referee lost to Croatia in the qualification.
Approximate compositions:
Ukraine U-21: Neshcheret – Ovcharenko, Batagov, Kozyk, Krupsky – Rubchinsky, Brazhko, Ocheretko – Voloshin, Vanat, Kvasnitsa.
Denmark U-21: Ljungdahl – Bak, Hey, Ehlert, Gai – Jorgensen, Chukwuani, Sorensen – Fraulo, Gaarder, Osula.
Both teams have technical, mobile footballers who play fast football. Discipline in defense and the implementation of moments will play an important role. Particular attention should be paid to the duel of forwards – Artem Vanat and Konrad Harder.
Ukraine is looking for revenge for the losses in qualifying and has every reason to fight for the exit from the group. However, Denmark looks like a serious opponent and is capable of creating many problems.
The Ukraine vs. Denmark match promises to be one of the central events of the opening round of Group D at Euro 2025. Both teams have high ambitions and the first victory could be the key to reaching the playoffs.
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