Great news for the football buffs in England as the team has scraped into the quarterfinals of Euro 2012 on Tuesday after a goal-line refereeing blunder helped them to a 1-0 win over Ukraine which sent the co-hosts crashing out.

The hero of the match is undoubtedly Wayne Rooney, whose 48th-minute header was enough to see England finish top of Group D and send them into a quarterfinal in Kiev on Sunday against Italy.

However Ukraine, missing injured captain Andrei Shevchenko, was desperately unlucky not to have earned at least a draw after Marko Devic had a clear goal wrongly disallowed on 62 minutes. Devic had powered into the box and his looping shot had flown over keeper Joe Hart towards goal.

John Terry launched himself into an acrobatic clearance to hook the ball away but despite furious Ukrainian appeals no goal was given. Television replays, however, showed the ball had crossed the line by several inches but had incredibly been missed by the additional assistant referee stationed behind the goal.

England will head to their quarter-final meeting with Italy and we wish the team best of luck!

Source: TNN