Scotland vs Ukraine

The World Cup play-off semi-final between Scotland and Ukraine will be filled with emotion - GOAL takes a look at what it means.

Will it be when someone presses the button on a nuclear weapon? That’s my over-riding feeling on the situation. I don’t just want Ukraine to qualify, I want them to go there (Qatar) and win it. Whether it’s sport, politics, the arts, whatever it is, we must send a message to Russia that it’s not acceptable what they are doing. They only have one dream: to stop the war. “I’m going to find myself in a really difficult situation.

Just one more European spot remains for this year's World Cup finals and it's Scotland who host Ukraine on Wednesday evening for the right to play Wales in ...

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Hello and welcome to The Athletic's live coverage of this World Cup play-off semi-final between Scotland and Ukraine. It's all to play for in this game, ...

•2h ago •2h ago •2h ago What they want is that their football team can come out of the country, prepare properly as they have for the last four weeks and be ready for a football match. •1h ago •1h ago •1h ago •1h ago "My mission is to help Ukraine as much as I can. It's due to be an emotional night for Oleksandr Zinchenko and his Ukraine team-mates. What a chance. Scotland have upped the pressure.

Scotland and Ukraine go head to head at Hampden Park in a bid to take a step closer to booking their spot at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

This time smothering the ball to force a corner after Hanley got into a mess close to goal. "When it comes to football, the team, we have our own dream. Liverpool legend Graeme Souness says it will be one of the stranger atmosphere's he's encountered at a ground. A great pace to the game. 21st min: Scotland look all over the place at the back. 24th min: Callum McGregor plays a key part in Scotland's best move of the game. It then falls to McGinn but he can't get the ball out from his feet and it's brilliant defending from Mykola Matviyenko who clears. It's not quite clicking for the home side and the front two need to get more involved. The rebound falls kindly to McGinn who has a free header and somehow heads it wide. Dovbyk adds a third for Ukraine on the break. They've come to Hampden Park and upset the home side to reach the final. McGinn has another follow up effort from further out this time but it's blocked and goes out for a corner.

Match report as Ukraine end Scotlands World Cup dream; Andriy Yarmolenko opened the scoring with Roman Yaremchuk and Artem Dovbyk also on target; ...

"Ukraine looked a really good outfit and they made us look pedestrian for most of the first half. "It was a brave and bold decision to play two up front which I don't think worked for us. We didn't play the way we wanted to play and unfortunately, it's past us by." I made the change at half-time but we didn't give ourselves the chance to utilise that change because we were 2-0 down very early in the second half. This victory was not for me or the players, it was for the country. We have to be honest, the best team on the night won. "Ukraine settled into the game a lot quicker than us and it kind of just continued. "First half I don't think we played enough, we didn't get the ball down. "The Wales game is going to be massive for us. "Everyone knows the situation in Ukraine and every game is like a final. "Scotland is a great team and have unbelievable players in each line. But it was Ukraine who had the first chance with only an outstanding save from Craig Gordon denying Viktor Tsygankov the opener.

On a night for the ages at Hampden, 13 men and one manager earned a victory that will be etched in the annals of Ukraine's history.

But this was not the Scotland of the rest of the qualifying campaign, or of Wembley 12 months ago. This is a side that in more innocent times for their homeland had carved themselves out a presence in major tournaments, reaching the last eight of the summer’s Euros before succumbing to England. Understandably lost in the pre-match noise was that Petrakov’s side had emerged unbeaten from two games with world champions France in their qualification group. By then it was almost too late, Ukraine having clinically exposed the deficiencies that remain in this Scotland side. Ukraine conjured a victory that was so special, the home fans stayed behind to applaud the courage on show. Hampden was its usual crucible of noise, of course, but the downright hostility that has cowed better opponents than Ukraine was understandably absent.

Scotland and Ukraine go head to head at Hampden Park in a bid to take a step closer to booking their spot at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

"When it comes to football, the team, we have our own dream. This time smothering the ball to force a corner after Hanley got into a mess close to goal. 45 mins from kickoff: The importance of tonight's match cannot be understated. Liverpool legend Graeme Souness says it will be one of the stranger atmosphere's he's encountered at a ground. A great pace to the game. 21st min: Scotland look all over the place at the back. 8th min: Craig Gordon pulls off a brilliant save to deny Yaremchuk from close range. 24th min: Callum McGregor plays a key part in Scotland's best move of the game. It then falls to McGinn but he can't get the ball out from his feet and it's brilliant defending from Mykola Matviyenko who clears. It's not quite clicking for the home side and the front two need to get more involved. The rebound falls kindly to McGinn who has a free header and somehow heads it wide. Replays show Hanley just played him onside by the smallest of margins.

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When you lose a game of this magnitude it hurts," he added. "It's a disappointing night. But, after having just three exhibition games against European club teams to prepare, they are now just 90 minutes away from the World Cup. Striker Roman Yaremchuk then gave Ukraine some breathing room with a header past Craig Gordon just four minutes into the second half. We will fight on, we will withstand everything, we will win. Playing their first official game since Russia's invasion of the country in February, Ukraine put in a superb performance to outplay a Scotland team that must continue to wait for their first World Cup appearance since 1998.