++ [ originally posted by Esteban ] ++
No offence, but name one player that will not 'give 10000% of his abilities' when the World Cup is on? Pretty stupid argument, if you ask me.
Its different when you know that your country most probably will remember this as "we only came to the WC once in our lives... With Sheva"..
Players give their best, noone can argue about that, but excluding the fact that Sheva won't be WC topscorer because Ukraine most probably wont go far is ignorant.
Ukraine proved during the qualifications that they are here to compete. Sheva scored many goals. He has the National teams on his shoulder, not saying that he is the only good player in their NT.
Sheva is one of the players that is capable of scoring more than 1 goal in each game who ever the opponant is.
I think with sheva on form, Ukraine can do pretty well in the WC, not saying they will win it, rather they will not settle down for only group stage.