ngland had Robert Green sent off in the opening stages of their 1-0 defeat to Ukraine, a result that gave their hosts every chance of reaching the play-offs for next summer's World Cup finals in South Africa. Ukraine now only need to beat Brand Wallet Andorra on Wednesday to finish second in the group behind England, which will mean Croatia definitely miss out. It was a grim display by Fabio Capello's side which had won all eight of their previous qualifiers and had confirmed their place in next year's jamboree with a 5-1 demolition of the Croats at Wembley last month. After flares were thrown on to the pitch by a section of the home fans in the opening stages causing the game to be delayed, the game hinged on a dreadful Jewelry Rio Ferdinand error in the 13th minute. The Manchester United defender, who endured an appalling evening, let in Yaroslav Rakytskyy. When Green upended the Ukrainian, the referee awarded a penalty and sent the West Ham shot-stopper off. Capello opted to bring David James on for Aaron Lennon but England were spared when Andriy Shevchenko's penalty hit the post and bounced away from goal. However, England's relief was Sports Jerseys temporary as Ukraine deservedly took the lead just before the half-hour mark. Ashley Cole gave the ball away on the edge of the area and, when Serhiy Nazarenko let fly, his stinging effort hit the hapless Chelsea defender, wrong-footing James and flying into the roof of the net. England's best chance of an equaliser came almost immediately when Wayne Rooney set up Frank Lampard who dragged his effort narrowly wide when he should really have hit the target. Back came Ukraine and and they almost doubled their Sunglasses lead when Artem Milevski's superb effort beat James only to come back off the post. The second half was something of a non-event as England improved without ever really looking threatening while Ukraine seemed content to play out time and hang on to their slender advantage. The closest Capello's side came to grabbing an equaliser was in stoppage time when substitute Carlton Cole gave Rooney a sniff of goal but his 25-yard effort flew inches wide. UGG BootsWatchesBrand JeansGucci Sneakers
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