France beats co-host Ukraine 2-0 in Group D

Agencies : Donetsk, Ukraine, Sat Jun 16 2012, 00:37 hrs

Ads by Google

Top Stories

Jeremy Menez and Yohan Cabaye scored early in the second half Friday to give France a 2-0 win over Ukraine in a storm-delayed match at the European Championship.

Thunder, lightning and torrential rain forced the players off the field after five minutes, and the game took nearly an hour to resume.

When it did, Menez made up for two big misses. He put France ahead in the 53rd minute with a clinical strike into the bottom corner, and Cabaye scored three minutes later after being set up by Karim Benzema.

After a 1-1 draw with England, France has four points in Group D, one more than Ukraine.

The win was France's first at a major tournament since the 2006 World Cup semifinals and extended its unbeaten run to 23 games.

Ads by Google

ALSO READ

England's Wayne Rooney shoots the ball during their Group D Euro 2012 soccer match against Ukraine at Donbass Arena in Donetsk

England beats Ukraine 1-0 to advance at Euro 2012

England vs Ukraine: Facts and figures

Ukraine vs France: Facts and figures

France feels heat as Ukraine clash looms

Please read our terms of use before posting comments

TERMS OF USE: The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s).