Ukraine 0-1 Spain LIVE Score, FIFA U20 World Cup 2025: Garcia Gives La Rojita Lead Against Unbeaten Opponents

After just a minute of stoppage time, the Moroccan referee blows his whistle to signal half-time. Spain have bossed the ball in the first half, but in terms of shots on target, there isn't much of a difference - Ukraine's one shot on target compared to Spain's two.

In fact, Ponomarenko had a great chance from inside the box after a free-kick, but his header went wide of the post. However, the only thing that counts is goals scored, and Garcia's strike has given La Rojita the lead at the break.

Ukraine's tactics of sitting back deep and trying to hit Spain on the counter has not worked at all so far as the Spaniards have overloaded the midfield, cutting off any supply to their opposition forwards. Spain still have more than 75% of the ball, but the tempo has dropped a bit since the frantic start of the game.

Spain have been utterly dominant in the last ten minutes or so, and the relentless pressure on Krapyvtsov's goal bears fruit. It all comses from a short corner, and Pitarch finds Mendoza. The midfielder lobs it past the defenders to find Pablo Garcia on the right edge of the box, and his powerful shot beats the reach of the goalkeeper to find the back of the net.

Despite Spain having more than 80% of the ball, Ukraine's pace is causing some trouble to their backline. Cuenca hacks down the onrsuhing Ponomarenko to prevent him from getting free, and earns the first yellow of the night.

It has been quite an attacking start from both sides, with Ukraine willing to throw caution to the wind when pushing forward. Krevsun had the first shot from a 30-yard free-kick, but it went high and wide. Karaman's long range effort minutes later is much better, stinging the palms of Fran, who makes a routine stop.

Referee Jalal Jayed blows his whislte, and Spain get today's match underway in a sunny day out in Valparaiso. Despite the terrific form by Ukraine of late - unbeaten in 10 matches - the Spaniards have started strongly.

Ukraine: Hennadiy Synchuk (2 goals in 2 matches)

Spain: Iker Bravo (2 goals in 3 matches)

Ukraine: 🟢🟢🟢⚫🟢

Spain: 🟢🔴🔴⚫🟢

Ukraine:

• 🟢 2-1 vs South Korea

• ⚫ 1-1 vs Panama

• 🟢 2-1 vs Paraguay

Spain:

• 🔴 2-0 vs Morocco

• ⚫ 2-2 vs Mexico

• 🟢 1-0 vs Brazil

Fran Gonzalez (gk); Julio Diaz, Andres Cuenca, Izan Merino, Jesus Fortea; Rayane Belaid, Rodrigo Mendoza, Thiago Pitarch; Jan Virgili, Iker Bravo, Pablo Garcia

Bench: Vicent Abril (gk), Diego Aguado, Peio Canales, Alvaro Cortes, Raul Jimenez (gk), Adrian Liso, David Mella, Pau Navarro, Cristian Perea, Joel Roca

Vladyslav Krapyvstov (gk); Vitaliy Katrych, Vladyslav Kysil, Maksym Melnychenko (c), Oleksiy Gusev; Danylo Krevsun, Daniil Vashchenko, Yaroslav Karaman; Artur Shakh, Matvii Ponomarenko, Maksym Derkach

Bench: Markiyan Bakus (gk), Bohdan Budko, Kyrylo Digtyar, Mykola Kyrychok, Matviy Panchenko, Oleksandr Pyshchur, Kristian Shevchenko, Svyatoslav Vanivskyi (gk), Daniel Vernattus

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Hello, football fans! We are with you tonight for the FIFA U20 World Cup 2025 Round of 16 clash between Ukraine U20 and Spain U20. The stakes are sky-high in Chile, as Spain aim to reach the next stage in pursuit of their first title since 1999. Stay tuned for pre-match updates and lineups as they are released.