Romania vs Ukraine - Euro 2024: Underdogs looking to get tournament off flyer (2024)

17th Jun 2024, 11:47By Sam Dymond

That's all from Munich

Romania celebrate as Ukraine contemplate, it has been an opening match mauling that Group E observers never saw coming.

Now both countries can take a breather, sit back and watch the two other teams in their section battle it out in Frankfurt.

And you can follow all the action from the Waldstadion with our live coverage of Belgium vs Slovakia.

Goodbye.

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17th Jun 2024, 11:35By Sam Dymond

Iordanescu salutes terrific team performance

Romania head coach Edward Iordanescu cut an emotional figure at full time, having watched his Romania side stun Ukraine.

The 46-year-old had seen his squad written off before the tournament, but believes this performance will have many critics back home retracting their words.

I'd like to thank every Romanian everywhere in the world. I know that they were with us today. It was a fantastic effort by my team. If you had any doubts, I think you can believe me now that this is a great team. Congratulations to the lads. It's just incredible.

Edward IordanescuUefa.com

17th Jun 2024, 11:21

Dangerous Dennis is main Man

By setting up goals for Nicolae Stanciu and Denis Dragus today, Dennis Man became the first Romanian to provide multiple assists in a major tournament match since Gheorghe Hagi against Colombia at the 1994 World Cup in America.

Fine company indeed.

17th Jun 2024, 11:15By Sam Dymond

Romania rise to top E

It's been a dream start to Euro 2024 for Romania, and given the scoreline and the fact that some third-placed teams will progress, one more point should seal their spot in the knockouts.

Ukraine still have hope, but with a game against Slovakia on Friday they will need to improve quickly.

17th Jun 2024, 11:10By Sam Dymond

Match stats from the Munich Football Arena

Romania’s 29% possession is the lowest share for a winning team at a European Championship match since records began in 1980.

17th Jun 2024, 10:53

Full time - Romania 3-0 Ukraine

Glenn Nyberg calls time in Munich and the Romania squad rush together to celebrate their biggest ever win in European Championship football.

For a team that came into the tournament with a reputation for being makeweights that couldn't score goals, they have produced a thrilling, determined and organised showing that was simply too much for Ukraine.

17th Jun 2024, 10:52By Sam Dymond

Romania 3-0 Ukraine

90+2. Yaremchuk lobs an effort over Nita and on to the top of the crossbar.

The epitome of too little, too late.

17th Jun 2024, 10:51By Sam Dymond

Romania 3-0 Ukraine

90. There will be four minutes of stoppage time played in Munich.

Ukraine keep plugging away, desperately trying to salvage something in terms of goal difference, but you get the impression they'd all like to call it an afternoon now.

17th Jun 2024, 10:49By Sam Dymond

Romania 3-0 Ukraine

88. Substitute Puscas nearly gets his name on the scoresheet!

Mind you, it would have been for the wrong team.

In defending a right wing corner, the forward beat his goalkeeper to the ball to flash a header narrowly wide of his own far post.

17th Jun 2024, 10:48By Sam Dymond

Romania 3-0 Ukraine - Romania substitution

86. Bogdan Racovitan is on to shore up the Romania defence. Not that it needs much shoring at this stage.

The 24-year-old defender replaces captain, goalscorer and standout performer Nicolae Stanciu, who comes off to a hero's reception.

17th Jun 2024, 10:46

Romania 3-0 Ukraine

84. There's the Mykhailo Mudryk we all know and love.

Bursting through on the left at a pace too quick for his own good, rather than considering his options, the Chelsea swipes wildly at the ball with his left foot to send it swerving into the crowd.

17th Jun 2024, 10:45By Sam Dymond

Romania 3-0 Ukraine - Ukraine substitution

82. A final Ukraine change brings Ruslan Malinovskyi to the... erm... party?

The midfielder takes over from the exciting 22-year-old Heorhiy Sudakov, for whom it just has not happened today.

17th Jun 2024, 10:40By Sam Dymond

Romania 3-0 Ukraine

80. Ten minutes remain and Ukraine look out of ideas.

On the touchline, Serhiy Rebrov looks throughly deflated. He did not see this performance and result coming.

17th Jun 2024, 10:39By Sam Dymond

Romania 3-0 Ukraine

78. Yaremchuk tries to put some respect on the scoreline but his goalbound effort is comfortably kept out by Nita at the second attempt.

17th Jun 2024, 10:38By Sam Dymond

Romania 3-0 Ukraine - Romania double substitution

76. Marius Marin makes way for Romania, replaced in midfield by Adrian Rus.

Also off is the incredibly impressive striker Denis Dragus, and on for him is the wonderfully-named George Puscas.

Don't get too excited though, he used to play for Reading.

17th Jun 2024, 10:36By Sam Dymond

Romania 3-0 Ukraine

74. With football so lauded for being played expansively, fluidly and with real width these days, Romania's rigidness and compactness this afternoon has been a real joy.

A throwback to a simpler time.

17th Jun 2024, 10:33By Sam Dymond

Romania 3-0 Ukraine - Ukraine substitution

72. Another change for the beleaguered Ukrainians.

Oleksandr Tymchyk replaces the yellow-carded Yukhym Konoplya.

17th Jun 2024, 10:32By Sam Dymond

Romania 3-0 Ukraine

70. Full of confidence, Radu Dragusin sets off on a barnstorming run forward from defence.

Tottenham fans will hope to see much more of that next season.

17th Jun 2024, 10:28

Romania 3-0 Ukraine - Konoplia yellow card

67. The first booking of the contest sees Yukhym Konoplia cautioned for a cynical chop on Valentin Mihaila over by the far touchline.

Ukraine could do without losing their heads in these final stages. There is still plenty of football to played at this tournament.

17th Jun 2024, 10:26By Sam Dymond

Romania 3-0 Ukraine

65. Substitute Yarmolenko has an immediate opportunity to lessen the damage, but sends his half-volley high into the stands.

It was a shot that was more lean back than half a pound bacon.

17th Jun 2024, 10:25

Romania 3-0 Ukraine - Ukraine triple substitution

63. Serhiy Rebrov follows suits with a trio of substitutions.

The Ukraine head coach opts for the experience of Andriy Yarmolenko, Roman Yaremchuk plus the young Volodymyr Brazhko as he takes off Mykola Shaparenko, Viktor Tsyhankov and Taras Stepanenko.

17th Jun 2024, 10:24By Sam Dymond

Romania 3-0 Ukraine - Romania double substitution

61. First to make their moves are Romania, who withdraw the dangerous pair of Florinel Coman and Dennis Man.

On in their place come Valentin Mihaila and Ianis - son of Gheorghe - Hagi.

17th Jun 2024, 10:22By Sam Dymond

Romania 3-0 Ukraine

59. There are shocked faces among the Ukrainian ranks, none more so than Andriy Shevchenko in the stand who led his country to the Last 16 at Euro 2020.

Both teams are readying changes, albeit for very different reasons.

17th Jun 2024, 10:17

Romania 3-0 Ukraine

57. And now Romania do have another!

Edward Iordanescu's side score their third, and their second within four second half minutes thanks to Denis Dragus.

The striker is on hand to covert from close range after Dennis Man had made short work of a short corner and some more half-hearted defending, notably from Mykhailo Mudryk and Mykola Shaparenko.

There's a momentary VAR check while it's confirmed that the Romania goalscorer was onside, and eventually he and his countrymen are giving the green light to celebrate all over again.

17th Jun 2024, 10:16By Sam Dymond

It's three!