Ukraine bounced back from their opening defeat at Euro 2020 as they held on to beat tournament debutants North Macedonia 2-1 in an entertaining encounter in Bucharest.
The win means Ukraine is still in the running of six successive European Championship defeats to remain in contention in Group C.
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Captain Andriy Yarmolenko capitalized on poor defending from a corner after 28 minutes, before the West Ham forward’s pass set up Roman Yaremchuk to give them an early 2-nil lead.
North Macedonia was a much-improved side in second-half lifeline and managed to put on goal through Ezgjan Alioski.
