Ukraine's Andriy Gusin (R) takes a tackle with Saudi Arabia’s Yaser Al Kahtani during their FIFA World Cup 2006 Group H round 2 match at Hamburg’s World Cup Stadium, Germany, June 19, 2006. Ukraine won 4-0. -Xinhua

Andriy Shevchenko and Serhiy Rebrov were among the scorers as Ukraine put the pain of the Spainmatch behind them to slaughter Saudi Arabia 4-0 in their second World Cup Group H match in Hamburg on Monday.

It was a major boost for Oleg Blokhin's men after they opened their first-ever World Cup tour with 4-0 drubbing to Spain. And they are now in a better place hoping to emerge from the group which also includes Tunisia.

Ukrainians were ahead inside four minutes when Mabrouk Zaid needlessly gave away a corner and Andriy Rusol bundled in Ukraine's first-ever World Cup goal off his knee.

Rebrov doubled Ukraine's scoring with an absolute cracker from 35 yards out in the 36th minute as the Saudi goalkeeper Zaid toppled over in comedy fashion.

One minute into the second half, Shevchenko increased the lead with a header from Maksym Kalinichenko's set piece.

Maxim Kalinichenko, awarded Man of the Match, got the goal that his performance deserved six minutes from time, smashing the ball into the top of the net after great work from Shevchenko to seal the victory 4-0.