Scotland vs Ukraine LIVE: World Cup play-off result, final score and reaction as Ukraine triumph
Follow all the updates from Hampden Park as both nations look to move one step away from the finals in Qatar at the end of the year
Ukraine kept alive their dream of reaching the World Cup finals, beating Scotland 3-1 in their play-off at Hampden Park in their first game since the Russian invasion of their country.
Ukraine will now face Wales on Sunday in Cardiff with the winner taking a place in November’s finals in Qatar. The loss means Scotland remain without an appearance at a World Cup since 1998.
Goals from Andriy Yarmolenko and Roman Yaremchuk had put a confident and dominant Ukraine 2-0 up before Callum McGregor pulled a goal back for the Scots in the 79th minute.
The goal injected some belief into Scotland who applied some late pressure but deep into stoppage time substitute Artem Dovbyk finished off a counter-attack to secure the victory.
Follow all the reaction below as Ukraine beat Scotland in the World Cup play-off semi-final:
Scotland 0-2 Ukraine
61 mins: Chance! That’s better from Scotland. John McGinn works the ball through midfield and slides it up to Christie who threads it through the lines and finds Adams. He looks offside but the flag stays down. Adams can’t quite get the ball nder control but manages to flick it out to Christie on the left side of the box where he drills a low shot at goal and is denied by Bushchan.
Then the flag is raised so it wouldn’t have counted anyway.
Scotland 0-2 Ukraine
58 mins: Chance! That would have been fortunate! Ukraine send a pacey pass back to Heorhiy Bushchan who miscontrols the ball. Callum McGregor comes sweeping into the box as the goalkeeper tries to boot the ball clear. McGregor closes him down but the ball deflects off the midfielder and bounces wide of the target!
Scotland 0-2 Ukraine
55 mins: Tsygankov floats a corner kick over to the far side of the box and it drops nicely for Karavaev to smoke one on the volley. He gets a good chunk of the ball but the effort continues to rise and flies over the crossbar.
Scotland 0-2 Ukraine
52 mins: Save! Yarmolenko has a chance to add another goal to his tally but his effort is kept out by Craig Gordon. Another goal or the visitors would kill off this game and Scotland can’t get possession.
It’s all one-way traffic at the minute as Ukraine win a corner.
GOAL! Scotland 0-2 Ukraine (Yaremchuk, 49’)⚽️
49 mins: Massive goal! Illya Zabarnyi steps up through midfield and brings the ball down the inside right channel before passing it to Yarmolenko and continuing into the box. Yarmolenko lays the ball off to Karavaev who swings a cross to the back post. Yaremchuk peels away from Hickey, meets the ball in the air and guides his header into the bottom corner!
Ukrain double their lead at Hampden Park.
Scotland 0-1 Ukraine
47 mins: Ukraine have started the second half on the front foot. Stepanenko slides a pass behind Aaron Hickey and Scott McTominay into the Scottish box as Roman Yaremchuk sprints in behind. He collects the ball and carries it to the byline before being forced wide by Grant Hanley.
Second half: Scotland 0-1 Ukraine
Kick off: Ryan Christie replaces Lyndon Dykes at half-time for Scotland. Ukraine get the game back underway and attempt to move down the right wing only to dink the ball out of play.
Scotland 0-1 Ukraine
Andriy Yarmolenko has scored his 45th goal for Ukraine, and is now only three goals behind the country’s all-time top scorer, Andriy Shevchenko (48).
Scotland 0-1 Ukraine
Not a huge amount, but certainly enough boos to take note off. Scotland need a response, what words of encouragement can Steve Clarke muster at the break?
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