LVIV, Ukraine (AP) β Ukraine took a large stride toward qualifying for the European Championship next year by beating Slovenia 2-0 in a first-leg playoff on Saturday.
The second leg is on Tuesday.
Ukraine dominated in front of a passionate home crowd as Slovenia failed to register a single shot on target.
Andriy Yarmolenko tormented Slovenia on the right flank, and got his reward with the opening goal late in the first half, collecting the ball inside the box and dummying away from two defenders before shooting past goalkeeper Samir Hamdanovic.
Yevhen Seleznyov doubled the lead soon after halftime with a simple finish at the far post to a perfect Artyom Fedetskiy cross.
