Scotland took a step closer to qualifying for Euro 2008 as a 3-1 win against Ukraine kept them top of Group B in UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying. The loss for Ukraine takes their tragic number down to 5 and could be officially be eliminated by the end of play at the end of the day. Scotland took a 2-goal lead in the 1st 10 minutes of the match with goals from Kenny Miller and Lee McCulloch . Ukraine made things interesting when they pulled a goal back when Andriy Shevchenko scored off of Andriy Nesmachniy 's left-wing cross in the 24th minute. James McFadden secured the win in the 68th minute. Starting lineups and statistics Starting lineupsScotlandUkraine#PlayerClub Team#PlayerClub Team1Craig GordonSunderland1Olexandr ShovkovskiyDynamo Kyiv2Alan HuttonRangers2Andriy NesmachniyDynamo Kyiv3Gary NaysmithSheffield United3Oleksandr KucherShakhtar Donetsk4Stephen McManusCeltic4Anatoliy TymoschukZenit Saint Petersburg5David WeirRangers5Volodymyr YezerskiyShakhtar Donetsk6Barry FergusonRangers7Andriy ShevchenkoChelsea7Stephen PearsonDerby County9Oleh HusyevDynamo Kyiv8Lee McCullochRangers10Andriy VoroninLiverpool9Kenny MillerDerby County16Andriy VorobeyDnipro Dnipropetrovsk10Scott BrownCeltic21Olexandr GladkiyShakhtar Donetsk11James McFaddenEverton30Dmytro ChygrynskiyShakhtar Donetsk
Scotland took a step closer to qualifying for Euro 2008 as a 3-1 win against Ukraine kept them top of Group B in UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying. The loss for Ukraine takes their tragic number down to 5 and could be officially be eliminated by the end of play at the end of the day. Scotland took a 2-goal lead in the 1st 10 minutes of the match with goals from and . Ukraine made things interesting when they pulled a goal back when scored off of 's left-wing cross in the 24th minute. secured the win in the 68th minute. Starting lineups and statistics Starting lineupsScotlandUkraine#PlayerClub Team#PlayerClub Team1Craig GordonSunderland1Olexandr ShovkovskiyDynamo Kyiv2Alan HuttonRangers2Andriy NesmachniyDynamo Kyiv3Gary NaysmithSheffield United3Oleksandr KucherShakhtar Donetsk4Stephen McManusCeltic4Anatoliy TymoschukZenit Saint Petersburg5David WeirRangers5Volodymyr YezerskiyShakhtar Donetsk6Barry FergusonRangers7Andriy ShevchenkoChelsea7Stephen PearsonDerby County9Oleh HusyevDynamo Kyiv8Lee McCullochRangers10Andriy VoroninLiverpool9Kenny MillerDerby County16Andriy VorobeyDnipro Dnipropetrovsk10Scott BrownCeltic21Olexandr GladkiyShakhtar Donetsk11James McFaddenEverton30Dmytro ChygrynskiyShakhtar Donetsk
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