TEAM UKRAINE: SOCCER 2005

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Sunday, June 05, 2005

Ukraine on Course for World Cup Berth

LONDON, England -- Ukraine squeaked out a 2-0 victory at Kazakhstan on Saturday, keeping the former Soviet republic on course to land its first berth in the World Cup finals.

Ukraine's Andriy Shevchenko (C) reacts after scoring a goal against Kazakhstan
Croatia, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Portugal and Russia also picked up key wins on a crowded day of 21 World Cup qualifying games across Europe.

When the regular phase of qualifying ends in October, the eight group winners advance automatically to the 2006 finals in Germany. The top two second-place teams also qualify. The other six second-place teams play off for three berths.

AC Milan striker Andriy Shevchenko scored for Ukraine in the 18th. Ukraine clinched the victory when Igor Avdeyev scored an own-goal in the 83rd. Kazakhstan remained winless in six games...

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9 June, 2005

Ukraine won against Greece 1:0

Ukraine*took giant steps towards qualification for the 2006 World Cup finals with away victory last night. Andriy Husin secured a 1-0 win with a goal after 81 minutes against European champions Greece in Athens. Angelos Bassinass, having lost somewhere his wings, didn▓t reach the ball and Andrei Gusin, being face to face with the Greek goalkeeper, perfectly realized the possibility to give the team a lead from the distance of 11 meters.

Ukraine lead Group Two on 23 points with three matches left and stay seven points clear of Turkey, who won 6-0 in Kazakhstan for their largest international away victory.

That result lifted Turkey on to 16 points, one more than Greece, and means Ukraine need just two points to be sure of qualifying.

The Ukrainians have three more matches of the qualification: in Georgia (September 3) and in Ukraine against the team of Turkey (September 7) and the team of Albania (October 8). Victory in one of their three remaining matches will secure top spot and their first place in the finals of a leading tournament.

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