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Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko took part in a squad training session on June 18 after earlier being rated by the team doctor as having only a 50-50 chance of playing in the June 19 final Euro 2012 Group D match against England.

The talismanic 35-year-old striker, battling with a knee
injury, was among players taking part in practice at FC
Metallurg’s training ground in Donetsk.

Earlier, doctor Leonid Mironov, speaking on Studiya 1+1
channel, said the tissue was still swollen in Shevchenko’s knee
which took two blows in the Group D loss to France and win over
Sweden.

Shevchenko, who scored both goals in his side’s 2-1 win over
the Swedes, missed training on June 17 because he could not bend
his knee joint properly, Mironov said.

The co-hosts must beat England to have a chance of reaching
the quarter-finals.