World Cup Qualifiers: Ukraine 5-3 Iceland, first win + promoted to second place, Malinovsky scored twice

The Icelandic team, ranked 74th in the world, ushered in the seventh round of the first group stage of the European preliminaries. Iceland played at home against the Ukrainian team, ranked 28th in the world.

Iceland ranked second in Group D with 3 points before the game, while Ukraine ranked third in Group D with 1 point before the game.

In the last 4 matches between the two sides, Ukraine has the upper hand, because Ukraine has achieved a record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in those 4 matches. Therefore, before the game, more fans were full of confidence in Ukraine defeating Iceland as a guest.

In the 14th minute of the first half, the 26-year-old Everton star Mykolenko sent a wonderful pass, and Malinovsky took the lead to help Ukraine take the lead.

After 20 minutes, Johannesson passed the ball and Ellertsson helped Iceland equalize.

After 11 minutes, Husouryak helped Ukraine take the lead again.

In the stoppage time of the first half, Walleshin made a wonderful pass and Malinovsky helped Ukraine gain another victory and expand its lead.

In the 14th minute of the second half, Haraldsson passed the ball and Gudmundsson helped Iceland get a goal back.

After 16 minutes, Andre made a pass and Gudmundsson helped Iceland equalize.

Ten minutes later, Kalyuzhina helped Ukraine take the lead again.

In the 88th minute, Bondarenko passed the ball and Ochereko helped Ukraine seal the victory.

In the end, Ukraine defeated Iceland, ending two consecutive rounds of world preliminaries without victory, and at the same time achieved its first victory in the world preliminaries, while Iceland suffered two consecutive losses. After the game, Ukraine ranked second in Group D with 4 points, 5 points behind leader France, while Iceland ranked third with 3 points.