Ukraine beat Scotland 3-1 in the World Cup playoff semifinal
The emotional victory that brought many watching Ukrainian fans, sporting yellow and blue colors, to tears puts Ukraine just one win away from qualifying for the Qatar World Cup later this year, CNN reported.
This playoff had originally been scheduled to take place in March 2022, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced the match’s postponement. Now, Ukraine needs to beat Wales in Cardiff in the playoff final on Sunday, June 5, 2022, to reach the World Cup. Before the game, the visitors had spoken about giving those back in their homeland a morale boost during the war, and they did just that courtesy of goals from Andrii Yarmolenko and Roman Yaremchuk.
Ukraine was made to suffer more in the second half after Callum McGregor scored with just 10 minutes to play, but the visitors added a third goal in stoppage time when Artem Dovbyk ran clear to secure a magical victory.
