With 35 years of age already, Andriy Shevchenko has included excuse for a footballer. However, after scoring a pair of goals, Sheva claim to feel young again.
Match at Olympic Stadium, Kiev, Tuesday (12/06/2012) pm dawn, already running 55 minutes. At that time, Sweden was leading 1-0 thanks to goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic four minutes earlier.
Until then came a pass from Andriy Yarmolenko from the right side. Shevchenko who was in the penalty box and then greeted him with a header Sweden, and goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson failed menghalaunya. Goal! Ukraine successfully equalized.
However, the story has not finished there. When the game entered the 62nd minute, a corner of Ukraine, and from this corner Sheva was born the second goal. Again, the head plays a major role. Former AC Milan striker was successfully break away from the convoy before heading the ball from Evgeni Konoplyanka execution towards the near post.
Ukraine won 2-1 and Sheva is a hero, a hero of Ukraine's historic win for the first time competing in the
Euro 2012 event.
"I am very happy. This is a historic game for us and we win," he said as quoted by AFP.
In the period since 1995 to defend Ukraine, Shevchenko has scored 48 goals. Attended his first international goal in May 1996. That means a 16-year stretches from goal to goal newest debut.
"I feel like 20 years old, not 35," said Shevchenko.
