ZENICA, Bosnia (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Oleksandr Zinchenko and Artem Dovbyk scored second-half targets to safe a significant 2-0 win at Bosnia of their Group D qualifier on Tuesday that clinched a 2022 World Cup playoff berth.
The consequence lifted Ukraine into the runners-up spot on 12 factors from eight video games, one forward of Finland who slipped to 3rd after a 2-0 house defeat by group winners France, who had already secured an automated berth with a match to spare.
Ukraine dominated the primary half, with Roman Yaremchuk twice going shut whereas Zinchenko and Andriy Yarmolenko additionally missed probabilities earlier than visiting goalkeeper Georgiy Bushchan clawed out a Dennis Hadzikadunic header on the different finish.
Zinchenko broke the impasse within the 59th minute when he tapped the ball into an empty web from three metres as a positive run and cross from the left by Viktor Tsygankov left the Manchester Metropolis participant with a easy end.
Substitute Dovbyk sealed Ukraine’s berth within the March playoffs when he raced clear from the midway line and steered his shot from inside the realm previous house keeper Nikola Vasilj within the 79th minute.
The pacy Dovbyk might have had one other within the dying minutes as he weaved his well past two markers and Vasilj earlier than Adnan Kovacevic cleared his shot off the road.
(Writing by Zoran Milosavljevic; Modifying by Toby Davis)
