It was a move that shocked the audience at Hampden Park in Glasgow, and viewers around the world. The Swedish defender Marcus Danielsson gave Artem Besedin a criminal kick that almost broke his left leg. The Italian referee Daniele Orsato showed him yellow, but after reviewing the play through the VAR he showed him the red card.
In the duel for the round of 16 of the Eurocup, Sweden, who had arrived as the leader of Group E who shared with Spain, Slovakia and Poland, went out to play the first half of extra time before the tough Andry Schevchenko’s Ukraine who had classified through the window of Group C as the worst of the best four third parties that advanced to be instance.
After a 1-1 draw in the 1990s, Sweden seemed to go into overtime more fully. Emil forsberg he had smashed two shots off the posts and was inspired to lead the team to the quarterfinals.
But a few minutes after the start of the first extra time, a cross hit the Swedish pitch, center-back Danielsson was late and hit Besedin’s knee with the plugs, which went flying through the air. The Italian referee took the foul and took the yellow. But right away they called him from the VAR …
Orsato approached the monitor to verify the seriousness of the fault and I don’t need many repetitions to change his decision. He canceled the yellow and took the direct red. Danielsson left Sweden with ten and the game changed. The one who also came out was Besedin, who could not continue in the game. The forward had entered in place of Roman Yaremchuk, but after the brutal kick he received, he had to leave his place to Viktor Tsygankov.
Orsato shows Danielsson the red one while Besedin was still on the floor.
Sweden, with one less, went back and bet to reach penalties. Ukraine, on the other hand, became emboldened and went in search of victory. The 2-1 was agonizing, with Artem Dovbyk’s header in the 121st minute. Historic.