WORLD CUP
Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany
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Ukraine
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56%
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Tunisia
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Ukraine
| Line-up | ||
|---|---|---|
| POS | No | Name |
G |
1 | Olexandr Shovkovskiy |
D |
2 | Andriy Nesmachniy |
D |
6 | Andriy Rusol |
D |
22 | Viacheslav Sviderskiy |
M |
4 | Anatoliy Tymoschuk |
M |
8 | Oleg Shelayev |
M |
9 | Oleg Gusev |
M |
11 | Serhiy Rebrov |
| F | 16 | Andriy Vorobey |
M |
19 | Maxim Kalinichenko |
| M | 14 | Andriy Gusin |
F |
7 | Andriy Shevchenko |
| F | 15 | Artem Milevskiy |
F |
10 | Andriy Voronin |
| Substitutes | ||
| POS | No | Name |
| G | 12 | Andriy Pyatov |
| G | 23 | Bogdan Shust |
| D | 3 | Olexandr Yatsenko |
| D | 5 | Volodymyr Yezerskiy |
| D | 13 | Dmytro Chigrinsky |
| D | 17 | Vladislav Vashchuk |
| M | 14 | Andriy Gusin |
| M | 18 | Serhiy Nazarenko |
| M | 21 | Ruslan Rotan |
| F | 15 | Artem Milevskiy |
| F | 16 | Andriy Vorobey |
| F | 20 | Oleksiy Beylyk |
Tunisia
| Line-up | ||
|---|---|---|
| POS | No | Name |
G |
1 | Ali Boumnijel |
D |
6 | Hatem Trabelsi |
D |
12 | Jaouhar Mnari |
D |
15 | Radhi Jaidi |
D |
19 | Anis Ayari |
M |
3 | Karim Haggui |
M |
8 | Mehdi Nafti |
| M | 10 | Kaies Ghodhbane |
M |
13 | Riadh Bouazizi |
| F | 17 | Chouki Ben Saada |
M |
14 | Adel Chedli |
| F | 11 | Francileudo Silva Santos |
M |
20 | Hamed Namouchi |
F |
5 | Zied Jaziri |
| Substitutes | ||
| POS | No | Name |
| G | 16 | Adel Nefzi |
| G | 22 | Hamdi Kasraoui |
| D | 4 | Alaeddine Yahia |
| D | 18 | David Jemmali |
| D | 21 | Karim Saidi |
| M | 10 | Kaies Ghodhbane |
| M | 23 | Sofiane Melliti |
| F | 2 | Karim Essediri |
| F | 7 | Haykel Gmamdia |
| F | 9 | Yassine Chikhaoui |
| F | 11 | Francileudo Silva Santos |
| F | 17 | Chouki Ben Saada |
Match Stats
- Ukraine
- Tunisia
| 7(5) | Shots (on goal) | 10(3) |
| 17 | Fouls | 24 |
| 3 | Corner kicks | 3 |
| 3 | Offsides | 4 |
| 56% | Time of Possession | 44% |
| 4 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 1 |
| 5 | Saves | 7 |
93'
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What would have happened if Tunisia had actually brought on a goalscorer earlier?
92'
91'
Three added minutes at the end of this game.
91'
Tunisia's final change. Nafti hobbles off and Ghodhbane comes on.
90'
Meanwhile Jaidi is booked for holding back Milevskiy.
89'
88'
Voronin has a shot from an acute angle. Boumnijel clings on.
88'
And now Ukraine bring off their probable matchwinner Shevchenko. He gets the loudest reception for some time as Milevskiy comes on.
87'
Nesmachniy crosses and Haggui heads away at the near post. There really is no urgency about this game at all.
85'
Trabelsi charges forward and has a shot that is angled across goal, but just past the far post.
83'
Now a mistake lets Shevchenko advance. He picks out Shelayev who fires his shot wildly over.
82'
Into the last 10 minutes and has anyone in the Tunisia camp realise they need to score twice?
80'
Voronin powers forward but delays his pass to Shevchenko for too long and it is cut out.
80'
Trabelsi at least gets into the box, but his header goes straight at the keeper.
79'
And finally, finally Tunisia have a forward. Santos reaplaces Chedli while Bouazizi cmes off for Ben Saada. But why did it take Lemerre so long to do anything?
79'
Shevchenko, in the narrowest of gaps, evades Jaidi. He tries to do the same to Nafti and fails.
78'
Nafti heads the free kick away at the near post.
78'
Ayari blocks off Gusev and Ukraine have a free kick in a good position to cross.
77'
Voronin goes on a solo run that is rather ruined by a poor pass.
76'
Some treatment for Tymoschuk who went down under a rather nasty challenge that looked rather deliberate.
74'
Kalinichenko goes off and Gusin is his replacement as Blokhin makes his second change.
74'
Well, it would be a real achievement for Ukraine, in the World Cup for the first time, to reach the last 16, even if they're not really doing so in style at the moment.
72'
So will Tunisia bring on a striker now? And what does go on inside Roger Lemerre's head?
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Even the referee is poor in this match - pernickety, stopping play unnecessarily.
66'
Chedli takes and Haggui collides with the keeper as he punches it away. Free kick.
66'
Chedli takes the resulting corner. It hits Tymoschuk and they get another.
65'
Ayari takes and it lands on the roof of the net, via a deflection. The closest Tunisia have come, which isn't saying much.
65'
Rusol will be out of the last 16 match if the Ukraine go through.
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Namouchi goes down on the edge of the box under Rusol's challange. He rolls about a bit, Rusol gets booked and it's free kick.
62'
Vorobey crosses and, at full stretch, Voronin just can't quite make contact.
62'
Ukraine don't need to win. Tunisia do. Tunisia have no forwards on the pitch. This is utterly inexplicable.
62'
Despite England's best efforts, this is a strong contender for worst game of the World Cup.
60'
Jaidi does well again to disposssess Tymoschuk, who fouls him and is booked.
59'
Good battle as Kalinichenko powers forward and Jaidi tracks him back to make a tackle.
58'
The introduction of Vorobey is a sign Ukraine want to create more and win the game. Do Tunisia?
57'
Kalinichenko slides in on the adventurous Trabelsi - not a description that could be applied to many in this game - but no free kick is given.
56'
Ayari makes a rare foray forward, but it's a goal kick.
55'
Boumnijel comes to claim a cross from Gusev.
55'
It is Vorobey who comes on and Rebrov is the man removed by Blokhin.
54'
A late flag halts Shevchenko after a decent move. That was debateable.
54'
Ukraine are keen to make a change, which could be Vorobey, in a bid to make something happen.
52'
Shevchenko beats the offside trap but misjudges the bounce. Jaidi is back to help out.
52'
Namouchi has a very long-range shot which is rather easy for the Ukraine keeper.
51'
Rebrov finds Voronin alone in attack. He battles manfully in a bid to keep the ball.
50'
But the whistle goes straight away for a bit of pushing.
49'
Free kick for Tunisia about 40 yards out. Chedli, who takes a lot of the set pieces, is behind it.
47'
Trabelsi breaks out of defence with speed and verve and Shelayev brings him down. Yellow card.
47'
Shevchenko finds Voronin on the burst, but the Tunisia defence do well.
46'
Tunisia get a throw and they genuinely aren't playing with any forwards, byt the looks of things.
46'
So what will Tunisia do now? They have no strikers as Ukraine kick off the second half.
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Shelayev has a crack from long-range, and the keeper parries it.
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The keeper comes and misses another cross, this time from Voronin, and again he gets away with it.
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Rebrov takes the corner, the keeper comes and misses but Bouazizi helps him out by heading away.
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Rebrov picks out Shevchenko, who returns the compliment. Rebrov's cross is then headed behind by Jaidi.
43'
And should Tunisia progress, Bouazizi will miss their next match.
43'
Bouazizi is booked, probably for persistent fouling. The latest player upended is Gusev.
42'
Well the only real support for Jaziri so far has come from the right back Trabelsi. What are the five-man midfield doing?
40'
Now Jaidi returns for Tunisia.
39'
Jaziri finally gets a chance to run. Ukraine struggle to deal with him as finds Trabelsi. It's a decent cross but cleared at the back post.
38'
Jaidi seems to have injured himself. No one's sure how, but he wanders off for treatment anyway.
36'
Jaziri shoots on the turn and Tymoschuk blocks it. Perhaps, at long last, Tunisia have discovered some ambition.
36'
And in the group's other game, Spain have taken the lead through Juanito.
35'
Rebrov himself takes the free kick and it lands on the roof of the net. Another poor set piece.
34'
Bouzizi brings down Rebrov wide on the left.
34'
Well at least Chedli has a shot. It's well hit by wide.
34'
BORING! This game just refuses to get any more interesting.
31'
Kalinichenko takes and finds absolutely no one.
30'
A chance as Kalinichenko finds Shevchenko in the box, but Jaidi does really well to close him down. Corner.
30'
Ayari takes it and it goes straight into the arms of Shovkovskiy, who has had very little else to do so far.
29'
Now Trabelsi advances - can he bring Tunisia to life? Perhaps, Chedli gets a corner.
28'
Really negative stuff from Tunisia. They need to win this game and seem to have no interest in doing that. Why?
27'
Voronin powers into the Tunisia box before he is penalised as he jumps for a high ball.
25'
Fine tackle from Gusev, tracking back with Bouazizi.
25'
Another dangerous cross from Nesmachniy, and Tunisia scramble it away.
24'
Ukraine are starting to look good. Voronin finds Nesmachniy, who aims to cross it back to Voronin and the keeper really doesn't deal with it well.
23'
Shevchenko reaches a long pass with a volley, but he doesn't properly connect and Boumnijel can gather.
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Chedli whips in a free kick but Kalinichenko heads it away.
21'
All rather uneventful so far. This game could do with something happening.
19'
Kalinichenko takes it but straight at Boumnijel.
19'
Ukraine break and Gusev is brought down on the left touchline.
18'
Namouchi bends the free kick but Shovkovskiy holds on.
18'
Sviderskiy is booked for a rather innocuous foul and if Ukraine go through, he will miss their match in the last 16.
17'
Shevchenko goes down under Haggui's challenge, but that's no free kick in the referee's opinion.
17'
Free kick in a useful position. Shevchenko whips it in but Nafti heads away at the near post.
16'
Nesmachniy comes forward on the left and his cross is well cut out.
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It's 0-0 in both games in this group. As it stands, Ukraine go through.
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Voronin's low centre is hacked clear.
15'
A bit of pressure from the Ukraine, and Gusev gets a throw on the right.
14'
Namouchi has a crack from 30 yards, but his shot is some way over.
13'
Jaidi aims for the overlapping Trabelsi who does really well to loft the ball over Kalinichenko. Nesmachniy comes across to cover.
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It's all rather crowded in the centre of midfield so far. Both teams have three men in the middle and space is at a premium.
11'
Ambitious ball from Mnari, but it goes way past the lone striker Jaziri.
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Gusev is involved in a passing move on the right, but it doesn't go anywhere.
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Jaziri is out of the next game if Tunisia go through, but the referee did well to book him there.
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Kalinichenko swivels and tries to find Shevchenko. Haggui halts him.
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Tunisia need the win but so far it is the Ukraine who look the more positive.
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Shevchenko tries to weave his way through in the centre circle. The third man stops him.
5'
Kalinichenko's set pieces were a real boost against the Saudis. That wasn't an auspicious start, though.
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Kalinichenko takes a free kick wide on the left, but really over-hits it. Goal kick.
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Voronin capitalises on a mistake by Jaidi, looks to find Shevchenko and Ayari comes to Jaidi's rescue - you don't try a trick there.
2'
Namouchi's touch lets him down as he tries to go past a defender.
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Shevchenko looks for Rebrov, but he is blocked off.
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Trabelsi finds Chedli, but Tunisia lose the ball.
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Tunisia get the game going looking to become the second African team to reach the last 16.
Santos is only fit enough for a place on the bench for Tunisia. Ukraine opt not not bring back Vashchuk after a ban.
A win will take Ukraine through, and a draw is likely to. The Tunisians know they need victory.
The teams are in for the Group H clash: Ukraine: Shovkovskiy, Nesmachniy, Rusol, Sviderskiy, Tymoschuk, Shelayev, Gusev, Rebrov, Kalinichenko, Shevchenko, Voronin. Subs: Yatsenko, Yezerskiy, Pyatov, Chigrynskiy, Gusin, Milevskiy, Vorobey, Vashchuk, Nazarenko, Byelik, Rotan, Shust. Tunisia: Boumnijel, Haggui, Jaidi, Ayari, Trabelsi, Mnari, Bouazizi, Chedli, Namouchi, Nafti, Jaziri. Subs: Essediri, Yahia, Gmamdia, Chikhaoui, Ghodhbane, Santos, Nefzi, Ben Saada, Jemmali, Saidi, Kasraoui