The Wales national team played well at the last Euro 2020 tournament, where, unexpectedly for everyone, it passed the group stage, but could not cope with Denmark in the playoffs (0:4). In the current qualifying tournament for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the dragons have won four victories and two peaceful outcomes, which corresponds to 14 points and the second position in the standings. After two draws, the Welsh defeated Estonia (1:0) and Belarus (5:1) in turn, for which many predicted. It is impossible not to note the second indicator in the group in terms of the quality of attack, which differed 13 times.
The Ukrainian national team pleased with the content of the game at the last Euro 2020, where the team managed to break through the group round, after which they beat strong Sweden in the 1/8 finals (2:1). An impassable barrier for the yellow-blues was the England team, which managed to pick up the keys to the goal of Andriy Shevchenko’s charges. After the end of the main football forum in Europe, Alexander Petrakov came to the post of mentor of the Ukrainian squad, with whom the team had not yet lost. It is noteworthy that in the fall the Ukrainian national team drew four times with France, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and today’s rival with the same score 1:1. In addition, the Ukrainians won an important away victory over Finland (2:1). Before this match, the guests occupy the third position in the standings with one victory and six peaceful outcomes, behind the second Finland by only two points.
