Angry Blokhin confronts journalist

In his post-match press conference, Blokhin felt the questioning had become personal and suggested the journalist should 'come outside and have a man talk'.

Then, when the conference had finished, Blokhin pointed to the journalist, and then to the door from which he made his exit.

The journalist declined the offer.

"Respect my job," Blokhin said.

"Let's go this one on one. You want to go with me? Let's have a man conversation.

"You should respect that I played football. Did you play football?

"Respect my job and me. I won't allow anyone to criticise my team, about (Oleh) Gusev or (Andriy) Shevchenko. If you're a man, go with me. One on one."

Earlier Blokhin had expressed his disappointment at Marko Devic's disallowed goal, which appeared to cross the line before it was cleared by John Terry.

It would have brought the host level with 30 minutes remaining and given it a chance of salvaging its status in the competition.

"There are five referees on the pitch and the ball is 50cm behind the goal line. Why do we need five officials?" he said.

"They don't spot (Andy) Carroll's elbow, either? Or that (John) Terry fouls one of my players in the back?

"(Pierluigi) Collina told us that every movement with an elbow is a card, and every foul from behind is a yellow card. And yet where was that today?

"You write what you want - you've seen it. I don't want to criticise the referee."

Blokhin said he felt England's quarter-final with Italy in Kiev was '50-50'.

"If they play against Spain, it would have been much harder for them," he said.

"This is not the same Italy that won the World Cup (in 2006), so let's see how it goes."