He Shakhtar Donetsk did not waste the weakness of the Young Boys, With all their matches lost and their first victory in the tournament, they reactivated their chances to extend their participation in the Champions League by placing themselves on the edge of the twenty-fourth qualifying place for another round.
In a rivalry between two teams without success so far, the Ukrainian came out stronger. The only good news for the Swiss representative was that he scored his first and so far only goal of the tournament, which opened the scoring.r in the match played in Gelsenkirchen.
Shakhtar, who only had a goalless draw against Bologna on the opening day to which they added defeats against Atalanta and Arsenal, will have to react to turn a match that has been difficult for them at half-time that mark.
He Young Boys, taken on the fourth day with all games lost, against Aston Villa, Barcelona and Inter, with nine goals conceded and no favours, he scored his goal by taking advantage of a mistake by his rival when taking the ball. Valery Bondar lost the ball to the edge of the area under pressure from Cheikh Niasse who sent it to the Swiss Kastriot Imeri who advanced a few meters and struck Dmytro Rizny.
However, they were unable to protect their advantage for more than four minutes as Shakhtar equalized in the 31st minute, with a Georgy Sudakov on the bottom line that ended with a pass in the small area, where he appeared Oleksandr Zubkovwho only needs to push the ball into the net.
They were Shakhtar’s best moments against a formidable rival. The Ukrainian team took the lead four minutes before the break, when Georgy Sudakov received the ball in the three-quarter zone, given by Eguinaldoadvanced and, from distance, fired a low shot past Keller to complete the local comeback and put Shakhtar two places behind in twenty-fourth place.
Technical sheet:
2 – Shakhtar Donetsk: Dmytro Riznyk; Yukhym Konoplia, Valery Bondar, Mykola Matvienko, Pedrinho; Artem Bondarenko (Bartol Franjic, m.92), Dmytro Kryskiv (Taras Stepanenko, m.92), Georgiy Sudakov; Oleksandr Zubkov, Kevin (Marlon Gomes, m.79) and Eguinaldo (Danylo Sikan, m.68).
1 – Boys: Marvin Keller; Zachary Athekane, Sandro Lauper (Rhodri Smith, m.62), Loris Benito (Lukasz Lakomy, m.33), Lewin Blum; Darian Males (Meschak Elia, m.62), Cheikh Niasse, Filip Ugrinic, Ebrima Collety (Alan Virginius, m.62); Kastriot Imeri (Joel Monteiro, m.46) and Silvere Ganvoula.
Goals: 0-1, m.27: Kastriot Imeri; 1-1, m.31: Oleksandr Zubkov; 2-1, m.41: Georgi Sudakov.
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (ISR). He showed yellow cards to Lewin Blum, Young Boys’ Zachary Athekame and Cheikh Niasse, and Shakhtar Donetsk’s Yukhym Konoplia.
Incidents: match on the fourth day of the Champions League played at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen (Germany).
Source: La Verdad
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