UEFA's chief refereeing officer Pierluigi Collina on Wednesday said that a Ukraine effort ruled out against England in their final Euro 2012 Group D match for not crossing the goal line should have been given.

Andrei Shevchenko bade an emotional farewell to international football on Tuesday, stepping out of the limelight after Ukraine's elimination from Euro 2012 at the hands of England.

Steven Gerrard said England had been due some luck after a goalmouth refereeing blunder which helped his team-mates to a 1-0 win over Ukraine on Tuesday.

Ukraine's press on Wednesday blasted a refereeing error that prevented the national side equalising against England in their final Euro 2012 qualifier.

England scraped into the quarter-finals of Euro 2012 here on Tuesday after a goal-line refereeing blunder helped them to a 1-0 win over Ukraine which sent the co-hosts crashing out.