Roman Yaremchuk's late winner helps Ukraine fight back against Slovakia in Euro 2024

Roman Yaremchuk helped Ukraine fight back and secure a 2-1 win over Slovakia in Group E at Euro 2024 on Friday, strengthening their hopes of advancing to the next stage.

Valencia striker Yaremchuk prodded home a neat pass from Ukraine's other goalscorer Mykola Shaparenko in the 80th minute to push his team level on three points with Slovakia and Romania, who face Belgium on Saturday.

Slovakia knew victory in Duesseldorf would take them through to the knockout stage with a game to spare and they went ahead on 17 minutes thanks to Ivan Schranz.

Ukraine came into this match firmly on the back foot after losing 3-0 to Romania in their previous game but dug deep and equalised through Shaparenko nine minutes after half-time.

Dynamo Kyiv's Shaparenko then turned provider for Yaremchuk to score the decisive goal for the war-torn nation.

Just as they did at Euro 2020, Slovakia had won their opening match in impressive fashion by stunning Belgium. Three years ago, however, they still ended up crashing out at the group stage.

They began against Ukraine determined to avoid a repeat and dominated the opening exchanges on a Duesseldorf pitch greased up pre-match rain.

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Ukraine keeper Anatoliy Trubin, one of five changes to the team beaten by Romania, kept his side level with saves in quick succession to keep out a Lukas Haraslin shot and Schranz's close-range effort.

Slovakia were rewarded for their positive start in the 17th minute though when Haraslin's lobbed cross was headed in at the far