Zabarnyi and Ukraine earn win over Azerbaijan
Men's football•
Illia Zabarnyi's Ukraine beat Azerbaijan 2-1 at Kraków's Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego last night (Matchday 4 of UEFA qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup).
The Paris defender played for the entirety of the fixture, which has left his side second in Group D, three points behind France and three ahead of Iceland.
UKRAINE 2-1 AZERBAIJAN (1-1 at HT)
FIFA World Cup 2026 – UEFA qualifying – Group D – Matchday 4
Stadion Cracovii im. Jozefa Pilsudskiego (Kraków, Poland)
Goals: Hutsuliak (30') and Malinovskyi (64') for Ukraine; Mykolenko (o.g. 45'+3) for Azerbaijan.
UKRAINE: Trubin, Konoplia (Mykhailichenko, 48'), Zabarnyi, Matviyenko (c), Mykolenko, Hutsuliak (Kaliuzknyi, 85'), Malinovskyi (Shaparenko, 71'), Yarmoliuk (Bondar, 85'), Ocheretko (Bondarenko, 71'), Voloshyn, Dovbyk. Coach: Serhiy Rebrov.
AZERBAIJAN: Magomedaliyev, A. Hüseynov (Aliyev, 85'), Krivotsyuk, Mustafazade, Badalov, Jafarguliyev, T. Bayramov (Akhmedzade, 85'), Khaibulaev (Khachaiev, 90'+2), Makhmudov (c), Nuriiev (Gurbanli, 61'), Akhundzade (Emreli, 85'). Coach: Aykhan Abbasov.