Ukraine win penalty shootout; beat Switzerland for quarter-final spot
{{date|June 26, 2006}}[[Image:World Cup 2006 logo.png|left|50px]] [[w:Ukraine|Ukraine]] beat [[w:Switzerland|Switzerland]] 3-0 in a [[w:penalty|penalty]] shootout to get to the quarter-finals of the [[w:2006 Fifa World Cup|2006 Fifa World Cup]] after a goalless deadlock, Monday.

[[Image:RheinEnergieStadion Köln 001.jpg|right|200px|thumb|RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne.]]

Both teams started the game knowing their round of sixteen opponents were not ranked in the [[w:Fifa top 10|Fifa top 10]] and appeared determined not to make mistakes. Tackles went in quick and hard but no side took any risks to win the game.

The statistics suggest Switzerland had more shots but they arguably were the more defensive team as they had started with one forward, Alexander Frei, whereas the Ukraine had three.

[[Image:Cologne060626-3.jpg|right|200px|thumb|left|Swiss and Ukraine supporters in Cologne for match day.]]

Frei's single shot came from a first period [[w:freekick|free kick]] which shook Oleksandr Shovkovskyi's lintel.  Ukraine's forward men amassed six shots; [[w:Andriy Shevchenko|Andriy Shevchenko]] went closest on 20 minutes when his diving header came off the ground and onto the crossbar.

Ukraine did not play well and despite their more attack-minded formation were so wasteful with possession that they made statistically fewer chances than the Swiss with their [[w:4-5-1|4-5-1]] [[w:formation|formation]]. Switzerland had 55 per cent of the ball in the game. 

From a viewer's perspective the Mexican referee [[w:Benito Archundia|Benito Archundia]] was lenient with tough challenges. A game with 44 fouls - one every three minutes - had only one yellow card. The yellow card was awarded on the hour to Tranquillo Barnetta for pushing a Ukrainian player as he ran toward the penalty area.

[[Image:Cologne060626-5.jpg|top|right|top|250px|thumb|Ukraine fans cheered when Oleg Gusev scored the decisive penalty.]]

15 minutes each way for extra-time was not used effectively by the teams; neither side attacked hard and in the second period there were no shots at all. Switzerland almost got one but Andriy Gusin blocked Marco Streller 12 yards from goal.

Ukraine took and missed the first penalty but won the shootout 3-0 after Artem Milevskiy scored first with a impudent chip down the middle. For the Swiss Barnetta hit the bar, and then Shovkovskyi made two saves low to his right and left to send Ukraine through to a quarter-final match against Italy.

Switzerland was eliminated from World Cup competition without having conceded a goal during the entire tournament (excluding penalty shootout goals), the first time this has happened in World Cup history.

[[Image:Fifa world cup org.jpg|right|50px]]

==Round of sixteen==

'''Match 54'''
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Attendance: 45'000

==Penalties==

{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|40px|bottom]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Notes
|style="text-align: left;"|Result
|
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg|35px|bottom]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Notes
|style="text-align: left;"|Result
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Shevchenko 
|style="text-align: left;"|''Saved low right''
|style="text-align: center;"|X
|
|
|
|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Milevskiy
|style="text-align: left;"|''Straight chip''
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Soccerball.jpg|12px]]
|
|style="text-align: left;"|Streller
|style="text-align: left;"|''Saved low right''
|style="text-align: center;"|X
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Rebrov 
|style="text-align: left;"|''Hard low left''
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Soccerball.jpg|12px]]
|
|style="text-align: left;"|Barnetta
|style="text-align: left;"|''Crossbar right''
|style="text-align: center;"|X
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Gusev 
|style="text-align: left;"|''Hard low right''
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Soccerball.jpg|12px]]
|
|style="text-align: left;"|Cabanas 
|style="text-align: left;"|''Saved low left''
|style="text-align: center;"|X
|}

''Notes are from the '''goalkeeper's''' view.''

==Formations==
===Ukraine===
[[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|50px|left|top]]

{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|- 
!Right wing
!Right
!Center
!Left 
!Left wing
|- <!--Add five to create new line  -->
|
|
|
|
|
|- <!--Goalkeeper -->
|
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|11px|bottom]] Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (GK)
|
|
|-  <!--Defenders -->
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|11px|bottom]] Vladyslav Vashchuk
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|11px|bottom]] Andriy Nesmachnyi
|
|- <!--Defensive midfield players -->
|
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|11px|bottom]] Anatoliy Tymoschuk
|
|
|-  <!-- Midfield players / Wingers -->
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|11px|bottom]] Oleg Shelayev
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|11px|bottom]] Andriy Gusin
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|11px|bottom]] Oleg Gusev
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|11px|bottom]] Maksym Kalinichenko
|-  <!-- Attacking midfield players / Wingers -->
|     
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|11px|bottom]] Andriy Voronin
|
|
|-   <!-- Strikers -->
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|11px|bottom]] Andriy Shevchenko (C)
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|11px|bottom]] Andriy Vorobey
|
|}

''Substitutes''
* 75' Ruslan Rotan for Kalinichenko
* 94' Serhiy Rebrov for Vorobey
* 111' Artem Milevskiy for Voronin

[[Image:Soccerball.jpg|12px]] ''denotes one goal scored.''
----

===Switzerland===
[[Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg|50px|left|top]]

{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|- 
!Right wing
!Right
!Center
!Left 
!Left wing
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|-  <!-- Goalkeeper -->
|
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg|11px|bottom]] Pascal Zuberbuehler (GK)
|
|
|-   <!-- Defenders -->
| style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg|11px|bottom]] Phillipp Degen
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg|11px|bottom]] Johan Djourou
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg|11px|bottom]] Patrick Mueller
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg|11px|bottom]] Ludovic Magnin
|-  <!-- Defensive midfield player -->
|
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg|11px|bottom]] Johann Vogel (C)
|
|
|-   <!-- Midfield player / Wingers -->
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg|11px|bottom]] Ricardo Cabanas
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg|11px|bottom]] Raphael Wicky
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg|11px|bottom]] Hakan Yakin
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg|11px|bottom]] Tranquillo Barnetta 59' [[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
|-  <!-- Attacking midfield players / Wingers -->
|
|
|
|
|
|-  <!-- Strikers -->
|
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg|11px|bottom]] Alexander Frei
|
|
|}

''Substitutes''
* 34' Stephane Grichting for Djourou
* 64' Marco Streller for Yakin
* 117' Mauro Lustrinelli for Frei

[[Image:Soccerball.jpg|12px]] ''denotes one goal scored.''

==Officials==

[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|25px]] Referee: Benito Archundia [[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]][[image:Red card.svg|10px]]

[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px]] Assistant referee: Jose Ramirez

[[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px]] Assistant referee: Hector Vergara

[[Image:Flag of South Africa.svg|15px]] Fourth referee: Jerome Damon 

[[Image:Flag of Ghana.svg|15px]] Fifth referee: Justice Yeboah

==Related news==

[[Italy win with last kick against Australia; into quarter-finals]]

==Sources==
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|author= 
|pub=BBC Online
|date=June 26, 2006}}

*{{source|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/match/54/mr.html
|title= Fifa match report 
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|pub= Fifa
|date=June 26, 2006}}
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50px Ukraine beat Switzerland 3-0 in a penalty shootout to get to the quarter-finals of the 2006 Fifa World Cup after a goalless deadlock, Monday.

RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne.

Both teams started the game knowing their round of sixteen opponents were not ranked in the Fifa top 10 and appeared determined not to make mistakes. Tackles went in quick and hard but no side took any risks to win the game.

The statistics suggest Switzerland had more shots but they arguably were the more defensive team as they had started with one forward, Alexander Frei, whereas the Ukraine had three.

Swiss and Ukraine supporters in Cologne for match day.

Frei's single shot came from a first period free kick which shook Oleksandr Shovkovskyi's lintel.  Ukraine's forward men amassed six shots; Andriy Shevchenko went closest on 20 minutes when his diving header came off the ground and onto the crossbar.

Ukraine did not play well and despite their more attack-minded formation were so wasteful with possession that they made statistically fewer chances than the Swiss with their 4-5-1 formation. Switzerland had 55 per cent of the ball in the game. 

From a viewer's perspective the Mexican referee Benito Archundia was lenient with tough challenges. A game with 44 fouls - one every three minutes - had only one yellow card. The yellow card was awarded on the hour to Tranquillo Barnetta for pushing a Ukrainian player as he ran toward the penalty area.

Ukraine fans cheered when Oleg Gusev scored the decisive penalty.

15 minutes each way for extra-time was not used effectively by the teams; neither side attacked hard and in the second period there were no shots at all. Switzerland almost got one but Andriy Gusin blocked Marco Streller 12 yards from goal.

Ukraine took and missed the first penalty but won the shootout 3-0 after Artem Milevskiy scored first with a impudent chip down the middle. For the Swiss Barnetta hit the bar, and then Shovkovskyi made two saves low to his right and left to send Ukraine through to a quarter-final match against Italy.

Switzerland was eliminated from World Cup competition without having conceded a goal during the entire tournament (excluding penalty shootout goals), the first time this has happened in World Cup history.

50px

Attendance: 45'000

Notes are from the 'goalkeeper's' view.


Right wing

Right

Center

Left 

Left wing

bottom Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (GK)

bottom Vladyslav Vashchuk

bottom Andriy Nesmachnyi

bottom Anatoliy Tymoschuk

bottom Oleg Shelayev

bottom Andriy Gusin

bottom Oleg Gusev

bottom Maksym Kalinichenko

bottom Andriy Voronin

bottom Andriy Shevchenko (C)

bottom Andriy Vorobey

Substitutes
* 75' Ruslan Rotan for Kalinichenko
* 94' Serhiy Rebrov for Vorobey
* 111' Artem Milevskiy for Voronin

12px denotes one goal scored.
----


Right wing

Right

Center

Left 

Left wing

bottom Pascal Zuberbuehler (GK)

bottom Phillipp Degen

bottom Johan Djourou

bottom Patrick Mueller

bottom Ludovic Magnin

bottom Johann Vogel (C)

bottom Ricardo Cabanas

bottom Raphael Wicky

bottom Hakan Yakin

bottom Tranquillo Barnetta 59' 10px

bottom Alexander Frei

Substitutes
* 34' Stephane Grichting for Djourou
* 64' Marco Streller for Yakin
* 117' Mauro Lustrinelli for Frei

12px denotes one goal scored.

20px Assistant referee: Jose Ramirez

20px Assistant referee: Hector Vergara

15px Fourth referee: Jerome Damon 

15px Fifth referee: Justice Yeboah

*
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