Defensive errors doomed Rennes against Shakhtar

He Shakhtar Donetsk He kept his European dream alive and took the first step towards the Europa League round of 16 after Thursday’s 2-1 defeat against Rennes French, in a match where the Ukrainians punished the defensive errors of the French team in the first half with a defeat.

Mudryk is absent

Without playing an official match since last November and, above all, without the presence of his great star, the young attacker Mykhailo Mudryktransferred in January for 70 million euros to Chelsea English, there are many doubts about the performance of the Ukrainian team.

But the Croatians Igor Jovicevic It took almost 11 minutes to show that they were still the competitive team, fighting through to the final day of the group stage with leipzig German for the ticket to the round of 16 of the Champions League.

Even without the presence of Mudryk he Shakhtar Donetsk clear with meters ahead, they are still the stinging team that has been one of the pleasant surprises of the group stage of the top continental competition.

A facility for counterattack that benefited from errors in the defense of Renneslike the one that led to the first local goal, a long crossed ball to the English right-back Djed Spence it failed to cut.

Kryskiv signed 1-0

enabling event Bogdan Mykhaylichenko stand in place and put the French goalkeeper to the test Steve Mandandawhich despite avoiding the goal the first time, was unstoppable Dmytro Kryskiv took advantage of the rejection to sign after eleven minutes 1-0.

If he Shakhtar not forgiving the mistakes of Rennesthe same cannot be said about the Breton team, which in the 32nd minute missed an unparalleled opportunity to turn the tables on the scoreboard, after an unsuccessful assignment of Artem Bondarenko which left the Cameroonian alone before the goalkeeper Karl Toko Ekambiwho do not know how to finish the game with the goal.

Punishment in Ugochukwu

A failure that did not take long to pay off Renneswhich saw a new skepticism of Spencer lead to a dangerous attack on the left wing of Kryskivwhich gave the ball inside the area where Yukhym Konolplia was brought down by the midfielder Chimuanya Ugochukwu when I was about to finish.

Of course it’s a penalty Artem Bondarenko was commissioned, even boss He came to touch the ball, to convert to 2-0, which put the match and tie in the face of the Ukrainian team.

A dark outlook for Rennesranked sixth in the French League, which seems to have been clear for those from Bruno Genesio with the aim of toko ekambiwho made it 2-1 after 59 minutes by finishing a cross from the Belgian’s left at the far post Jeremy Doku.

But if everything seemed favorable for the French equalizer, it was the Shakhtar Donetsk who comes closest to re-scoring Oleksandr Zubkov and of Taras Stepanenkowhich saw a free header go over the crossbar after 63 minutes from a corner.

A fact that did not prevent the success of the Ukrainian team, which showed that they also know how to win without the presence of their until recently great star, the attacker. Mykhailo Mudryk.