The Ukraine legend will not face England tomorrow having retired to focus on bettering, not his country's football results, but the lives of its citizens.
The last we saw of Andrei Shevchenko was back at the Donbass Arena in
June. After his two headers helped Ukraine past Sweden, Shevchenko’s
Ukraine went down 1-0 to England despite having a perfectly good goal
not given. England progressed to the usual penalty misery while Ukraine
went crashing out, and for Shevchenko his substitute appearance against
England in the European Championship proved to be the last act in an
illustrious career that has seen him win the Champions League and the
title European Footballer of the Year, among other accolades.
