Ukraine didn’t survive that group, though, and the same fate befell them four years later in France, when the former Ballon d’Or winner served as Mykhaylo Fomenko’s assistant. He postponed retirement in order to lead the co-hosts at Euro 2012 – then bagged In 2006 Shevchenko was among the world’s best players as he fired Ukraine Sheva was there for all three of his country’s major tournaments as an independent nation. Only Oleg Blokhin can rival Andriy Shevchenko as Ukraine’s greatest footballer of all time. MF: Oleksandr Andriyevskiy (Dynamo Kiev).MF: Taras Stepanenko (Shakhtar Donetsk).MF: Oleksandr Zinchenko ( Manchester City).
MF: Yevhen Konoplyanka (Shakhtar Donetsk). MF: Andriy Yarmolenko ( West Ham United). DF: Viktor Korniienko (Shakhtar Donetsk). DF: Mykola Matviyenko (Shakhtar Donetsk). If they are to take advantage of their good fortune on Tuesday, Shevchenko’s men will again rely on the talents of Atalanta sharp-shooter Ruslan Malinovskyi and their vastly experienced creator-in-chief, Andriy Yarmolenko, whose two goals and one assist so far have helped him to surpass ‘Sheva’ as the national record-holder for goal involvements: his overall tallies now standing at 42 goals and 21 assists. However, Ukraine failed to progress from their group on that occasion – and in 2016 they lost each of their three games – so this current outfit have now stumbled onto new ground for a proud football nation. On that emotional night at the Olympiyskiy, two icons went head-to-head, as Ibrahimovic struck first for the Swedes, while Shevchenko leveled just three minutes later, before netting a 62nd-minute winner. 
The only previous competitive meeting between the two nations carries a special place in Ukrainian hearts, as they marked their Euros debut with a 2-1 win against the Blagult in Kiev at Euro 2012.
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