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4 min: Shevchenko roars down the inside right channel and showcases the skills every Chelsea fan will be only too happy to tell you about, shanking a cross high into the stand behind. "Trade you Jimbo and Sven for the horror show we've got here in Rhodes," writes Sam Scott Wood, who is on a Panini tip it seems. "Angus Scott, Trevor Francis (who's battling a heavy cold) and Terry Venables who just said 'it's important for England to win, or not lose'. Mind you, we're sat outside and it's mid twenties here." Doesn't Trevor Francis always sound like he's battling a heavy cold?

7 min: Terry lumbers around, as is his wont, and crashes Kobin to the floor. A free kick's swung into the area from the right, but is easily headed clear. It's been all Ukraine, this, if you disregard the two minutes the pitch was on fire.

8 min: England finally pop out of their box, Lennon wheeching down the right and winning a corner despite delivering a bloody awful cross from a very dangerous position - surprise there! From Gerrard's corner, Heskey heads powerfully over.

11 min: Lennon finds some more space down the right, and once again wastes the ball by swinging his leg at it in the random jazz style.

12 min: Terry shows Lennon how it's done by swinging a beautiful cross from the right towards Rooney in the centre. The striker swings and misses. But enough of that...

14 min: Rio Ferdinand stands around, dreaming of smoking a cigarette. He lets a long ball, and then Milevskiy, scoot past him and free into the area. Green comes out, the striker goes over him to ground, and that's a penalty.