ITALY coach Marcello Lippi expects his side to prove their critics wrong when they take on Ukraine in today’s World Cup quarter-final in Hamburg.

Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko believes his team has the heart to see off Italy and book a place in the last four of the World Cup.

UKRAINE midfielder Sergei Rebrov is finally beginning to believe he and his team-mates could become World Cup winners on July 9.

Switzerland 0 Ukraine 0 (aet, Ukraine qualify 3-0 on penalties)

SWITZERLAND coach Kobi Kuhn has already created a wave of World Cup euphoria in the Alpine nation by qualifying them for the last 16of the World Cup but is confident the team can keep their run going by beating Ukraine in Cologne tonight.