The day before in the first match under Igor Moskvichov's coaching, his team defeated their opponents 4:2. Today's match at Arena Portugal started a bit worse for the Ukrainians. Already on the 2nd minute, Ricardo Duarte scored with a ricochet off Artem Malinovskyi, opening the score. At the last minute of the first half, he capitalized on our defender's mistake, went around the goalkeeper and completed his double.

After halftime, the blue and yellow team managed to narrow the gap. On the 30th minute, Maxim Haidychuk scored a goal in an empty net. Unfortunately, Ukraine could not achieve more.

Therefore, 1:2 — Ukraine's defeat.

Friendship match of youth teams in handball

Portugal (U-17) — Ukraine (U-18) — 2:1 (2:0)

Goals: Duarte (2, 20) – Haidychuk (30).

Portugal (U-17): Martins — Cardozo, D. Antunes, Duarte, Capristano; Borges, Ferreira, H. Antunes, Cunha, Fernandes, Grinchuk, Paulo, Sha, Pereira.

Ukraine (U-18): Vishnevetsky — Burlaka, Zaritskyi, Malinovskyi, Litvinovskyy; Nikitin, Tkachuk, Kryvko, Bazylivskyi, Pikalov, Melnyk, Zavgorodniy, Haidychuk.