Switzerland captain Alex Frei silenced his home critics by scoring twice Wednesday before a Ukraine team watched from the stands by Italian coach Marcello Lippi leveled to earn a 2-2 draw in a friendly.
Frei has been a recent target for abuse by Swiss fans, but scored with a 40th-minute free kick and from close range in the 62nd.
He extended his national scoring record to 42 in likely his last international at home. The FC Basel forward cited the fans' attitude toward him this month when announcing he will concentrate on club football after Switzerland's next three away matches.
Ukraine fought back each time through a fluke deflection off Oleksandr Aliyev in the 48th, then Yvgenii Konoplianka's spectacular 75th-minute strike from distance.
Lippi, a World Cup winner, was present at the Stade de Geneve, fueling speculation he will be hired as coach of the 2012 European Championship co-host.
Ukraine officials had denied Italian media reports linking the 62-year-old Lippi with a job currently held by interim coach Yuri Kalitvintsev.
Lippi guided Italy to win the 2006 World Cup, then stood down before returning two years later. He left the Azzurri a second time following a first-round exit at the World Cup in June.
Ukraine qualifies automatically for Euro 2012 as co-host with Poland.
Lineups:
Switzerland: Marco Woelfli, Stephan Lichtsteiner (Steve von Bergen, 71), Johan Djourou, Francois Affolter, Reto Ziegler, Tranquillo Barnetta (Xherdan Shaqiri, 46), Gokhan Inler (Gelson Fernandes, 46), Pirmin Schwegler (Moreno Costanzo, 66), Valentin Stocker (David Degen, 85), Alex Frei (Nassim Ben Khalifa, 76), Hakan Yakin.
Ukraine: Andriy Piatov, Vitaliy Mandzyuk, Dmytro Chygrynskiy, Yaroslav Rakitskiy, Artem Fedetskiy, Oleksandr Aliyev, Andriy Yarmolenko (Denys Oliynyk, 74), Taras Mykhalyk (Taras Stepanenko, 65), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, Yvgenii Konoplianka (Mykola Morozyuk, 87), Marko Devic (Artem Milevskiy, 46).
