Ukraine thrash Estonia

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Euro 2012 co-hosts Ukraine put in an impressive display to thrash Estonia 4-0 in an international friendly on Monday.

Oleh Blokhin's men poured forward at every opportunity and opened up Estonia's defence with ease, netting three times in the first half in Kufstein, Austria.

Ukraine, whose quality has been questioned ahead of the European championships, netted through Andriy Yarmolenko, Oleh Husyev and Andriy Voronin, before Artem Milevskiy completed the scoring early in the second half.

The hosts took the lead in the ninth minute when Yarmolenko burst into the penalty area and hammered Serhiy Nazarenko's cutback into the top corner.

Yarmolenko also played a part in Ukraine's second goal, fouled in the box by Estonia captain Ragnar Klavan in the 34th minute.

Husyev sent goalkeeper Mihkel Aksalu the wrong way to score from the spot.

Ukraine took a 3-0 lead into half-time thanks to a goal from former Liverpool forward Voronin four minutes before the break.

The home side again attacked down the right with Marko Devic providing the overlapping run, and Aksalu could only parry the attacker's cross, leaving Voronin to head home.

Estonia's chances of getting back into the game were ended just five minutes into the second half.

Andriy Shevchenko, who came on at the start of the second half, collected the ball on the right side of the area and twisted past two defenders, before setting up fellow substitute Milevskiy for a simple tap in.

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