We lost a simple ball in the midfield, then conceded that corner and the goal. Ukraine head coach Andriy Shevchenko: "Our players gave everything in the second half but sometimes you have these games where whatever you do nothing goes well. It will be tough, but the team is eager and ready."
It will be important for us to prepare with focus and recover, then we will do everything we can to win in London. Italy haven't lost for an eternity, but perhaps there will come a time when they lose again.
At 21 years and 324 days, Christoph Baumgartner became the youngest player ever to score for Austria at the European Championships and the third youngest to score for the country at a major tournament (EURO and World Cup), after Josef Bican at 1934 World Cup (20y 244d) and Walter Schachner at World Cup 1978 (21y 122d).Īustria head coach Franco Foda: "In this phase of the tournament, there are no easy opponents.It was the joint-most Ukraine have ever conceded in a European Championship game (also 18 v Germany in 2016). Austria mustered 18 shots against Ukraine, only managing more in a European Championship game twice before (23 v Iceland in 2016 and 20 v Croatia in 2008).Ukraine have failed to keep a clean sheet in any of their nine games at European Championships, the most matches played in the competition by a team without a single shut-out, while only Romania have conceded in more consecutive European Championship games, via a run of 10 ending on June 24th 2000.Austria have progressed past the Group Stages of the European Championships for the first time ever, while they have made it out of the initial Group Stages of a major tournament for the first time since the 1982 World Cup.Image: Austria's Christoph Baumgartner celebrates with teammates after scoring his sides first goal during the Euro 2020 soccer championship group C match between Ukraine and Austria
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