Brazil crush Ukraine 2-0 in an international friendly tie
Brazil crush Ukraine 2-0 in an international friendly tieBrazil made it three wins out of three for new coach Mano Menezes here last night as they beat Euro 2012 co-hosts Ukraine 2-0 in an international friendly watched by just 13,000 spectators in a ground with a 33,000 capacity.
The Brazilians ufffd who are rebuilding after their disappointing World Cup where they went out in the quarter-finals beaten by the Netherlands ufffd scored a goal in each half through star fullback Dani Alves and AC Milan striker Alexandre Pato.
Alves, who along with Robinho were the only two survivors from the starting line-up from the Dutch match, struck for the second game in succession midway through the first-half.
The Barcelona star met Robinho's cross from the right wing and his volley beat the Ukrainian keeper Andriy Dykan after taking a slight deflection off a defender.
The Brazilians should have added a second in the 35th minute after Ukraine lost possession inside their own half.
MissedPato got clear but his shot cannoned off the post and Carlos Eduardo following up was unable to keep his effort down and it went well over the bar.
However, Eduardo made up for his miss when he created Brazil's second goal in the 64th minute as he found Pato in the penalty area and the AC Milan ace turned his marker and slotted past Dykan.
