Euro 2012: Steven Gerrard says ghost goal in victory against Ukraine is payback for 2010 World Cup Blokhin disagreed, berating the Hungarian match officials - particularly the system favoured by Uefa president Michel Platini to station assistants behind the goal. "There are five referees on the pitch and the ball is 50cms behind the goal-line," Blokhin said after Ukraine were knocked out of Euro 2012. Why do we need five officials? They don't spot [Andy] Carroll's elbow, either? Or that Terry fouls one of my players in the back? [Uefa head of referees 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 became so incensed during his post-match press conference that he offered to fight a Ukranian journalist whose questions he objected to. In an increasingly aggressive tirade, he said: "Respect my job. Let's do this one on one. You want to go with me? Let's have a "man ­conversation."" The journalist then stood up, as if to indicate that he would take up Blokhin's offer, only for a Uefa official to step in, at which point Blokhin continued: "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. If you're a man, go with me. One on one. A decision is due to be made on goal-line technology at the meeting of the International Football Association Board next month, after the final of this tournament. Blokhin was also unimpressed with England's tactics but said they had a "50-50" chance of beating Italy and progressing to the semi-finals - ­better odds than he would have offered had Roy Hodgson's side not won the group and had faced Spain. "We conceded a lucky goal," Blokhin said. We were able to equalise, but they didn't give it to us. Then we also played a very good game. England just played on the counter-attack. In the second half, they had no opportunities. Their threat only came from a few set-pieces, but it was just not our day. We didn't have any luck. [Marko] Devic scored a goal and it wasn't allowed. I don't really know why. Gerrard was delighted that England had won a group in a major tournament for the first time since Euro 96. "This was a very difficult group," he said. I have very good players next to me in that dressing room. Everything's going our way.