However, the home crowd's relief was shortlived as Ronaldo beat the offside trip to gather Mesut Ozil's fine pass down the right, and the world's most expensive player netted his 54th goal this season from an acute angle.
Days later, Nazi officers returned to the diamond factories, where they frisked (and likely beat) employees in order to gather any gems that might have been held back in the previous raid.
Ukraine squandered a chance to level when defender Volodymyr Yezersky found himself with only goalkeeper Craig Gordon to beat in front of goal but failed to gather a Voronin up and under.
The points were virtually secured when Mallo failed to gather Nakamura's low cross at the front post and Vennegoor of Hesselink beat substitute defender Dean Holden to the ball to bundle it over the line from four yards.