Saudi Arabia’s Al Sugour have gone into half-time 2-0 down against a rampant Ukraine in their World Cup Group H match at the AOL Arena in Hamburg on Monday.

An early goal from Andriy Rusol and a stunning strike from Serhiy Rebrov showed the dominance of Ukraine in the first-half.

Saudi Arabia and Ukraine met in a match that both were thinking they must win to have any chance of making the second round, with Ukraine still reeling from Wednesday's 4-0 defeat by Spain in the opening match.

Ukraine captain and new Chelsea FC signing Andriy Shevchenko was determined that his team would put on a better performance than they did against Spain’s La Furia Roja and right from the start they were the dominant team.

The pressure forced a goal in just the 3rd minute of the match from defender Andriy Rusol who, from a corner, rushed in on goal and knocked the ball past Mabrouk Zaid.

Ukraine were then totally dominant in the match, with the Saudi defence looking shaky and their strikers looking totally uncohesive.

Ukraine were getting closer with each attack and they scored again in the 36th minute.

Serhiy Rebrov was given far too much space as he ran towards the Saudi goal and the former Spurs and West Ham player scored an astonishing long-range strike to double the score.

Andriy Voronin should have scored in the 43rd minute, when he broke through the increasingly unsteady Saudi Arabian defence, but his shot went well wide.

The teams went into half-time with Ukraine totally in command and could have scored or five goals in the first-half.

Unless they can turn the game totally around, the Saudi’s are looking like they are sure of an early exit from the tournament.

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