E. Sobol enters the game and replaces R. Malinovskyi.
Malinovskiy, who just missed the chance to seal the win for Ukraine, comes off and Sobol replaces him.
90' +1
Alioski's corner gets headed away at the near post before Avramovski tries an ambitious acrobatic attempt. Instead of finding the target, the substitute gives away a free-kick and the chance to test Buschan fades away.
90'
Ristovski wins a corner on the right-hand side and Alioski races across to deliver. Will there be one final twist in this match in Bucharest?
89'
Stepanenko goes down after Buschan collects the ball and Ristovski is quickly over to help his opposite man get over cramp. Despite the chaos that has ensued in the last 10 minutes or so, that is a wonderful show of sportsmanship.
85'
K. Ristevski enters the game and replaces A. Ademi.
I. Trichkovski enters the game and replaces D. Velkovski.
Ademi also makes way for Ristevski.
Angelovski makes another change as he sends on Trichkovski for Velkovski.
84'
Penalty saved by S. Dimitrievski!
PENALTY SAVED! Another penalty save comes as Malinovskiy sends his left-footed strike towards the bottom left corner and Dimitrievski guesses the right way. Unlike Alioski’s effort, the rebound also gets hooked away by the North Macedonians.
Malinovskiy looks for the bottom left corner with his left-footed penalty but Dimitrievski reads the midfielder's intentions as he dives to his right and parries away a save. Dimitrievski has kept his team in this game as we approach the closing stages.
83'
D. Avramovski gets yellow.
With the penalty given by Rapallini, the referee has no choice but to caution Avramovski for using his hand to block Malinovskiy's attempt in the wall.
81'
Malinovskiy opts to shoot from the resulting free-kick but his left-footed strike gets driven into the wall. Sydorchuk then does his job as he sits on the edge of the North Macedonia area and recycles possession.
80'
Tsygankov knocks past Musliu before going down on the right-hand side, just outside the area. Malinovskiy stands over the set-piece and this could be a chance to seal the game.
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78'
S. Sydorchuk enters the game and replaces M. Shaparenko.
Shevchenko makes a sensible change as he substitutes off the creative Shaparenko for the defensive Sydorchuk.
77'
D. Avramovski enters the game and replaces E. Bardhi.
Ristovski, after starting the attack, finds himself in the right-hand corner and he wins a throw-in off Mykolenko. The right-back launches the ball into the box but Zabarnyi does well at the near post to head away a clearance.
Angelovski makes another substitution as he brings off Bardhi for Avramovski.
76'
Shaparenko wanders inwards before playing towards Mykolenko. The left-back drives forward but Ristovski dispossesses him before looking to launch a North Macedonian attack.
73'
Musliu looks to be suffering with cramp and goes down in the right-hand corner. After a quick stretch, he is back on his feet and the centre-back looks fit to carry on.
70'
A. Biesiedin enters the game and replaces R. Yaremchuk.
V. Tsyhankov enters the game and replaces A. Yarmolenko.
At the same time as Tsygankov's introduction, Besedin also replaces Yaremchuk and now neither of Ukraine's successful duo are on the pitch.
Yarmolenko is Shevchenko's first change as he brings off his captain and replaces him with Tsygankov.
69'
Ademi slides through for Elmas and Karavaev is forced into turning behind for another corner. Bardhi then sets his sights on goal with a long-range right-footed effort, which he blasts over the crossbar.
68'
Despite being Euro 2020's lowest-ranked team, the North Macedonians are more than holding their own. On this occasion, Elmas swings a cross in and Zabarnyi just about manages to head clear, with Pandev ready and waiting to pounce behind him.
67'
Yaremchuk and Dimitrievski clash after the goalkeeper's save from the Malinovskiy shot. The referee is quickly on the scenes and diffuses any potential conflict before allowing play to go on.
65'
Zinchenko sees Yarmolenko in space in the right-hand channel but the Manchester City man's pass lacks quality, which allows Dimitrievski to rush out of his goal and intercept.
63'
The duo of Yarmolenko and Yaremchuk combine once more on the right-hand side. The Ukraine captain thinks he has won a corner before going down after a tackle from Musliu. North Macedonia get the goal-kick and Yarmolenko is quickly back to his feet.
62'
Ristovski looks to cross towards the near post but Mykolenko is there to produce a diving header to clear. Down the other end, Yaremchuk buys his side a breather as he wins a throw-in on the left flank.
59'
D. Velkovski gets yellow.
Velkovski becomes the first North Macedonian name in the book for hacking down Malinovskiy in the middle of the park.
Alioski's goal will give North Macedonia that little bit of belief. Ukraine are keeping playing, however, and Malinovskiy wins a free-kick 35 yards from goal with his quick feet.
57'
Penalty saved by H. Bushchan!
E. Alioski has scored a goal for North Macedonia!
Alioski misses the initial penalty kick as he looks for the top right corner. Buschan reads the left-back's intentions, parrying away a save before conceding on the rebound.
Buschan guesses the right way as he dives to his left to push away a penalty save from Alioski's left-footed strike. Unfortunately for the goalkeeper, he concedes on the rebound and North Macedonia have pulled one back!
NORTH MACEDONIA PULL ONE BACK! After Pandev wins the penalty, Alioski takes it and his left-footed strike gets saved by Buschan, who dives to his left to parry away a save. Alioski is there on the rebound, however, to hook a left-footed volley back into the empty net and Buschan has no chance of stopping the left-back from making it 2-1.
55'
Elmas dances past two tackles before setting his sights on the bottom right corner with a long-range left-footed effort, which Zabarnyi blocks behind.
52'
The game remains an end-to-end affair in the second half. Zabarnyi sees his headed effort saved before he is required to head clear away from Pandev at the other end. North Macedonia have to score the next goal here otherwise they are out of this tie and probably the tournament.
48'
Angelovski's double change at half-time means that North Macedonia have moved to a back four. Alioski moves a little deeper to left-back, with Risotvski occupying right-back and Trajkovski coming on to operate up top and partner Pandev.
46'
A. Trajkovski enters the game and replaces B. Nikolov.
D. Churlinov enters the game and replaces S. Spirovski.
Spirovski also comes off at the same time as Nikolov's removal and Churlinov replaces him.
Angelovski doesn't hang around as he makes a double change at half-time, the first of which sees Nikolov make way for Trajkovski.
Referee Rapallini gets the second half underway!
45' +1
HALF-TIME: UKRAINE 2-0 NORTH MACEDONIA
45'
The fourth official indicates there will be just the one minute of added time as Ukraine patiently work possession around the back.
43'
M. Shaparenko gets yellow.
Shaparenko powers down the left-hand side before going down under the challenge of Velkovski inside the box. Ukraine think they have a penalty when the referee blows his whistle, however, Rapallini sees it differently and cautions Shaparenko for simulation.
42'
Yaremchuk brings down a long pass before exchanging a one-two with Zinchenko. Alongside Malinovskiy, the Manchester City man and his midfield partner are dominating this game and North Macedonia are struggling to get near to the pair.
38'
It's the same duo again that profited against the Netherlands. Yarmolenko adds another assist to his European Championship tally, while Yaremchuk has now scored in three consecutive appearances for Ukraine.
36'
Elmas nearly swivels past two tackles inside the Ukraine area as he manages to stay on his feet and chase towards the byline. Unfortunately for the forward, the ball goes out of play and Buschan gets a goal-kick, which he sends long.
34'
R. Yaremchuk has scored a goal for Ukraine! Assist by A. Yarmolenko.
GOOOOOALLLL! 2-0 UKRAINE! Velkovski tries stepping out and playing the offside trap but Yaremchuk beats the high line as Yarmolenko pokes through for the forward with a right-footed first-time pass. Yaremchuk makes it to the right of goal before confidently sliding a right-footed finish low past Dimitrievski into the bottom right corner. VAR checks for offside before confirming the goal can stand. Shevchenko's men now have a two-goal advantage and it's looking like a long way back for North Macedonia.
Yarmolenko drifts out wide and escapes the attentions of Alioski before sliding a first-time pass to Yaremchuk, who makes his way towards the right of goal after beating the offside trap with a curved run. Yaremchuk then coolly slots a right-footed finish into the bottom right corner to double Ukraine's lead.
29'
A. Yarmolenko has scored a goal for Ukraine! Assist by O. Karavaiev.
Yarmolenko's saved left-footed effort wins a corner on the left-hand side. Malinovskiy delivers towards the front post, where Karavaev produces a smart flick towards the far post. Yarmolenko finds himself completely unmarked and can't miss from close range as he prods past Dimitrievski with his right foot.
GOOOOOALLLL! 1-0 UKRAINE! Yarmolenko’s initial low left-footed effort gets parried behind by Dimitrievski. From the resulting corner, Malinovski delivers towards the front post and Karavaev helps on towards the back post. Yarmolenko is alert to the chance, sneaking in at the far post to poke past Dimitrievski with a low right-footed shot from inside the six-yard area. North Macedonia completely switched off there and they’ve been made to pay!
28'
Musliu's poor pass allows Zinchenko to find Yaremchuk through the middle. The forward, rather negatively, opts to play backwards and Ukraine retain possession. Would Shevchenko prefer his forward to be a little braver there and attack the three-man defence in front of him?
27'
Zinchenko tries to improvise and chip over the top for Yarmolenko but he overhits his pass and it goes out for a goal-kick. In the build-up, Malinovskiy goes down off the ball from Spirovski's foul, however, the referee plays advantage and the opportunity comes to nothing.
23'
Pandev uses all of his experience as he invites Matvyenko to foul him and the centre-back duly obliges. North Macedonia get a free-kick and, perhaps more importantly, the chance to catch a well-deserved breather.
21'
Yaremchuk feeds Karavaev, who makes it to the byline on the right before cutting back to the forward near the penalty spot. Yaremchuk's first touch, however, lets him down and the opportunity goes abegging.
19'
Bardhi plays through the legs of Zinchenko before passing to Pandev, who outpaces Yarmolenko on the left-hand touchline. The forward then looks inside but none of his team-mates are there and Zinchenko recovers to regain possession.
15'
Nikolov drives down the right-hand side before playing to Bardhi, who sees his long-range effort blocked. The loose ball falls back to Nikolov, who completely miscues his effort and his right-footed strike ends up nearer to the corner flag than Buschan's goal.
13'
Alioski works it to Bardhi and he finds Nikolov, who from the right flank look to cross towards the near post. His attempted cross gets blocked, however, that passage of play shows North Macedonia are more than capable of working possession about themselves and they're not just going to sit back and defend.
12'
Yaremchuk spins past Velkovski and powers towards the right of goal, where he looks to square towards the back post. Remarkably, Ristovski does excellently to recover and produce a last-ditch block which stops what looked to be a certain goal.
8'
Yarmolenko sees his right-footed strike deflected behind and Ukraine get the first corner of the game. Shaparenko's delivery causes chaos at the near post, however, Elmas eventually manages to clear.
7'
Karavaev plays inside and via Malinovskiy, Stepanenko and Zinchenko, the ball finds left-back Mykolenko, who sensibly opts to play backwards as Shevchenko's team remain patient in possession as they look to carve out an opening.
6'
Nikolov's touch lets him down as Zinchenko presses him on the right-hand touchline. After North Macedonia's fast-paced start, Ukraine are growing into the game and slowly asserting their dominance on proceedings.
5'
Dimitrievski is called upon to punch away Malinovskiy's cross before Karavaev powers a right-footed volley well over the crossbar from around 25 yards out.
4'
Malinovskiy catches Ristovski with a high foot and the centre-back wins another free-kick for his team inside their own half. If it wasn't the opening stages of the game, the Ukrainian may have ended up in the book there.
3'
Alioski looks over the top for the run of Elmas but the chipped pass skips away from the forward and ends up in the hands of Bushchan. The North Macedonians have started well in Bucharest.
2'
Spiroski arrows a smart pass out to the left-hand side to Alioski, who immediately finds Pandev. The forward goes down and wins the first free-kick of the game near the halfway line.
1'
With the national anthems over and done with, referee Fernando Rapallini gets the game underway!
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Euro 2020 Group C clash between Ukraine and North Macedonia.
Ukraine came out on the wrong end of a five-goal thriller against Netherlands in what was arguably the game of the tournament so far. A 3-2 loss for the hosts will still have encouraged them and they will be looking to collect their first points of Euro 2020 against Euro 2020’s lowest-ranked side today.
Just like Ukraine, North Macedonia also succumbed to late defeat in their opening Group C fixture. A historic Goran Pandev goal had the visitors level, however, two late goals from the Austrians resigned Igor Angelovski’s side to a 3-1 defeat in Bucharest.
UKRAINE (4-3-3): Georgi Bushchan; Oleksandr Karavaev, Illia Zabarnyi, Mykola Matvyenko, Vitalii Mykolenko; Oleksandr Zinchenko, Taras Stepanenko, Mykola Shaparenko; Andriy Yarmolenko, Ruslan Malinovskiy, Roman Yaremchuk.
NORTH MACEDONIA (3-4-1-2): Stole Dimitrievski; Stefan Ristovski, Darko Velkoski, Visar Musliu; Ezgjan Alioski, Stefan Spirovski, Arijan Ademi, Boban Nikolov; Enis Bardhi; Goran Pandev, Eljif Elmas.
SUBS: Egzon Bejtulai, Ivan Trickovski, Ferhan Hasani, Daniel Avramoski, Aleksandar Trajkovski, Risto Jankov, Darko Churlinov, Marjan Radeski, Kire Ristevski, Tihomir Kostadinov, Milan Ristovski, Damjan Siskovski.
Angelovski will be aware that his team must get a result here, otherwise they face an early exit from Euro 2020. While Pandev saw his goal ruled out, North Macedonia have failed to test Ukraine barring that and he may want to add some attacking impetus up top. In contrast, Shevchenko will be delighted with his men's first-half efforts.
North Macedonia are now reliant on the Netherlands versus Austria game later today in Group C, otherwise they will become the first team to be knocked out of Euro 2020. Angelovski's men next travel to face Frank de Boer's side on Monday, while Ukraine play Austria on the same day.
That is all from this Euro 2020 fixture, until next time!
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