Shevchenko revels in 'historic game'

Ukraine fans were indebted to their former European Players of the Year for a comeback win over Sweden in their Euro 2012 Group D opener in Kiev as Andrei Shevchenko rolled back the years and proved coach Oleg Blokhin made the right call in keeping faith with him.

Shevchenko (pictured) had missed half of the season through assorted injuries and looked sluggish in the early stages.

But Blokhin had had a dream everything would come together and so it proved.