the knock-out stage match of the World Cup in Cologne on Monday. With this victory, ukraine has secured a place in the quarter-finals of the World-Cup. switzerland has been knocked-out of the tournament. The three goals of the match were scored by Artem Milevskiy, Serhiy Rebrov and Oleg Gusev in a penalty shootout. Even after the regulation time was over and the 30-minute extra period was over, the match remained scoreless.

by Dado Prso in the 51st minute. Croatian Captain Nico Kovac suffered a rib injury in the 41st minute and he had to leave. With his presence in the side, the outcome could have been different. He came out with a number of attacks. Brazil is five-time World Cup champion and Croatia is just playing its second World

ukraine started the penalty shoot-out with Andriy Shevchenko taking the shot. It was stopped by switzerland's goal-keeper Pascal Zuberbuehler. Swiss Marco Streller's penalty shot was saved by ukraine's goal-keeper Olexandr Shovkovskiy, which was followed by Swiss Tranquillo Barnetta's shot hitting the cross-bar and Ricardo Cabanas shot being saved by Shovkovskiy. ukraine's fourth shot was taken by Oleg Gusev,

which he converted, thereby ensuring ukraine's progress to the last eight. switzerland has not scored a single goal in this tournament.
ukraine now faces Italy in the quarter-finals on Friday in Hamburg.