Ukraine’s former European Player of the Year Andrei Shevchenko rolled back the years here on Monday as his second-half double inspired the Euro 2012 co-hosts to a come from behind 2-1 win over Sweden in their Group D encounter.
The 35-year-old Ukraine captain took his tally to 48 in 108 international appearances with two superb headers within seven minutes of each other - his opposite number Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s neat 52nd minute finish had give the Swedes the lead.
The victory sees Ukraine - who are co-hosting the tournament with Poland - top the table after the other group match between France and England ended 1-1.
UKRAINE 2
Shevchenko 55, 62
SWEDEN 1
Ibrahimovic 52
Ukraine: Andrey Pyatov - Oleg Gusev, Taras Mykhalik, Yevgeny Khacheridi, Yevgeny Selin - Andrey Yarmolenko, Anatoli Tymoschuk, Sergey Nazarenko - Yevgeny Konoplyanka (Marko Devic 90+3) - Andrey Voronin (Ruslan Rotan 85), Andrey Shevchenko (capt) (Artem Milevskiy 82).
Sweden: Andreas Isaksson - Mikael Lustig, Olof Mellberg, Andreas Granqvist, Martin Olsson - Sebastian Larsson (Christian Wilhelmsson 68), Rasmus Elm, Zlatan Ibrahimovic (capt), Kim Källström, Ola Toivonen (Anders Svensson 63) - Markus Rosenberg (Johan Elmander 71).
Referee: Cunayt Cakir (Turkey).
Attendance: 60,000