Brazil crush Ukraine 2-0 in an international friendly tie

Updated on: 12 October,2010 08:20 AM IST |
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Brazil crush Ukraine 2-0 in an international friendly tie

Brazil crush Ukraine 2-0 in an international friendly tie

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.

Missed
Pato 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.

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