Ukraine are due to play the United States tomorrow in one of those matches which cries out for George Orwell to do the post-match analysis in the studio.

WITH 188 days to go to the kick off of the European Championships, it’s now more a case of pretty vacant than anarchy in the Ukraine, as the co-hosts look to follow a major renovation project with some running repairs to their public image.

Oleg Blokhin has resigned as coach of Ukraine.