Photo of UAF press service 04 September 2025, 20:26

The U-18 youth team of Ukraine (not older than 2008) launched an international tournament in Sweden with a convincing victory over Norway with a score of 6: 1. The team of Volodymyr Samborsky showed effective football and confidently controlled the game after the missed goal at the beginning of the meeting.

The Norwegians opened the score in the fifth minute due to the exact blow of David de Onelas, but the Ukrainians quickly restored parity. In the 13th minute, Alexander Wednesday broke into the penalty area and struck into the far corner-1: 1. In the 29th minute, Ilya Kuta brought Dmitry Zudin himself to the goalkeeper himself with a wonderful pass, and the forward brought Ukraine forward-2: 1.

After the break, the Ukrainians were significantly attacked. Already in the 47th minute, Artem Zubriy closed the Wednesday’s transfer, making the score 3: 1. In the 89th minute, Dmitry Zudin made a double, and two minutes to him joined Zubrius, which also scored his second goal in the match. At the compensated time, the final result was established by Zakhariy Zakharkiv – 6: 1.

The next match at the tournament Ukrainians will spend on September 6 against Sweden. The beginning of the game is at 17:00.

Ukraine U-18 -Norway U-18-6: 1

Goals: Wednesday, 13, Zudin, 29, 89, Zubriy, 47, 90+1, Zakharkiv, 90+4 – where Onelas, 5.