Ukraine beats Estonia 4-0 in Euro 2012 w
KUFSTEIN, Austria (AP)
Ukraine warmed up for the European Championship in style on
Monday, beating Estonia 4-0 in a friendly after scoring three
first-half goals.
Dynamo Kyiv midfielder Andriy Yarmolenko scored for the Euro
2012 co-hosts with a thundering shot from just inside the area in
the ninth minute.
Oleh Husyev converted a penalty in the 34th after Yarmolenko was
brought down by Estonia defender Ragnar Klavan, and Spartak Moscow
striker Andriy Voronin added a third goal seven minutes later with
a header.
Ukraine lost much of its fluency after coach Oleh Blokhin
substituted six players in the second half, though Andriy
Shevchenko set up Dynamo Kyiv teammate Artem Milevskiy to make it
4-0 in the 50th.
Ukraine has won four of its past five matches, including a 3-3
draw with Germany.
Ukraine plays Austria in Innsbruck on Friday and Turkey four
days later in Augsburg, Germany. The team takes on Sweden in its
first match at Euro 2012 on June 11 in a group that also contains
England and France.