Ukraine were wasteful on several occasions and they paid for it in the end. Although, Ukraine still have a chance to reach the knockout stage of the competition, their chances are slim as they will take on very defensive http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 side in their next
match.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jeremy-Menez-c18345 fired pass Andriy Pyatov. France doubled their lead after
three minutes when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Karim-Benzema-c20350.
Here, Bettor.com takes a look at the Ukrainian players who took part in Friday's Group D encounter between Ukraine and France.
Ukraine
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andriy-Pyatov-c6010 – 6
The Ukrainian goalkeeper was beaten on two separate occasions but had it not been for Pyatov, score-line would have been much worse for the hosts.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Yevhen-Khacheridi-c37378 –4
Khacheridi showed some neat touches early in the game but as the game went on; the Ukrainian failed to impose himself in the match and was exploited by the French attack.
Taras Mikhalik – 5
Mikhalik was the best Ukranian defender on the field but he was let down by his lack of speed and was ultimately punished in the end when Cabaye easily went past the defender and scored the second goal of the match.
Yevgen Selin -4
Selin was constantly tormented by the speed and dribbling of Jeremy Menez and was the culprit for France’s first goal.
Oleg Gusev – 4
Stop Frank Ribery; that was his task, and Gusev failed miserably in his attempt to shut the Frenchman down. Ribery completely owned the show and Gusev was lucky that the winger didn’t score a goal in the match.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Serhiy-Nazarenko-c33135 -6
The midfielder was very impressive in the first half of the match. However, later he ran out of energy and was eventually replaced by Milevskiy.
Anatoliy Tymoschuk - 6.5
Tymoschuk was the best Ukrainian player on the pitch, as he bossed the midfield and made several blind tackles but was ineffective in the later stages of the game.
Yevhen Konoplyanka - 5
Failed to pose any threat for the French and was defending for most part of the game and made very few forward runs.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andriy-Yarmolenko-c6021 6.5
Yarmolenko had a decent game as compared to his fellow teammates and tried his luck from distance on more than one occasion. However, the midfielder was not supported by his teammates and was nowhere to be seen near the end.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andriy-Voronin-c6020 (Flop of the match) – 3
Voronin endured a miserable game and was nowhere to be seen on the pitch and unsurprisingly, was taken off during the interval.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andriy-Shevchenko-c6014 – 6
Ukraine’s hero of the last game failed to achieve the same feat against a dominating French side and tried to run the show on his own. Ukraine failed to get Shevchenko involved in the game and Ukrainian captain had to track back to receive the ball from
his teammates.
Substitutions
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marko-Devic-c24168 (46' on) – 5.5
Devic was introduced in second half and his energy posed some threats for the visitors but his final ball was very poor.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Artem-Milevskiy-c6690 (60' on) – 6
Milevskiy was introduced to add some stacking flair to the Ukrainian team but the player failed to get on the score-sheet.
Oleksandr Aliev (68' on) – 5
Aliev failed to impose himself in the game and endured a woeful game.
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