Euros legends: What is Andriy Shevchenko's Ukraine legacy?

Andriy Shevchenko Ukraine Euro 2020 legend
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Andriy Shevchenko seemed destined to be filed alongside Alfredo Di Stefano, George Best and Ryan Giggs as one of international football’s best players to never appear at a tournament finals. The Ukrainian goal machine played in three consecutive play-off defeats but finally broke his country’s finals duck to reach the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

For a man whose net-finding exploits terrified European defences over more than a decade at Dynamo Kiev and Milan, Shevchenko’s talents had always deserved to shine in a major tournament. He got on the scoresheet with frightening regularity – top scoring with 10 goals in the unsuccessful attempt to reach the 2002 World Cup. In all, he scored 48 times in 111 caps for Ukraine.

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