Ukraine had one of the best debuts in history of the World Cup (of course, without the first match that they lost 4-0 against Spain).

At the press conference immediately after his side’s 3-0 quarter-final loss to the Azzurri, a smiling Oleg Blokhin said he would rather focus on his players’ overall performance at Germany […]

Italy is into the semis: they will play Germany in the first semifinal of the World Cup 2006.

Luca Toni scored his first goal of the World Cup with a header and Italy is almost qualified in a semi-final with Germany. THey lead 2-0 right now and they are looking good.
Ukraine missed one chance and hit the cross-bar in another, but Italy seems the better team.

A shot by Zambrotta from 25m wide gave Italy the early lead.

Ukraine played like an Italian team: good defence and scoring when they need to.

Ukraine’s approach possesses a striking similarity to tactics first showcased by Italy, whom they will meet next. For Marcello Lippi’s men, their 1-0 defeat of Australia with a last-minute Francesco Totti penalty represented a return to the style of play that was […]

Italy and Ukraine shared one common thing: Schevchenko. Will he say farewall to Italy by sending them home?

Colours for the match
Italy: Blue shirts, white shorts and blue socks.
Ukraine: Yellow shirts, yellow shorts and yellow socks.
The story so far
Italy qualified as winners of Group E, one of the most difficult at the tournament, by beating […]

Ukraine got through to the last 8, Schevcenko missed the penalty, but he still remains the best player in his team.

FIFAworldcup.com: You have had to wait a long time for the chance, how has your first experience of a FIFA World Cup™ finals been?
Andriy Shevchenko: Emotional. We’ve had our highs and lows but overall […]

Ukraine, World Cup debutants, go through to the final 8, after the most boring game of the World Cup.

Oleksandr SHOVKOVSKYI (UKR) Budweiser Man of the Match
You can’t prepare for penalty shoot-outs. I try not to get too worked up about it. I don’t think about it too much, I just stand there and completely clear […]

Really, they made their teams play the most forgettable game in the World Cup, what were they thinking?

Kobi KUHN (SUI)
I expected Ukraine to play like this. It was no surprise, but despite that, we couldn’t take advantage. We didn’t manage to score, which would have spared us the drama of penalties. I’m not going to […]

First offside in this match, Ukraine vs. Switzerland was in the 103rd minute… this tells you how they played! The match was anything you would hate at a WOrld Cup match.