Great Shakhtar ready for… bang in the 8th group!
The Ukrainian team won with a score of 1-0 Antwerp in Hamburg, he threw her out of Europe and entered the knockout stage for good Champions Leagueequating to Barcelona and Portowho play later (22:00), at 9 points!
Now, the Shakhtar, who is playing the last game away from home with the “Dragons”, wants a defeat of the latter from Barcelona, so that he can then throw them out of the game with a “double” and qualify! Be that as it may, the only thing certain is that the Ukrainians will play in Europe in 2024, either in the Champions League or in Europa!
The (typically) home team were far superior throughout the match, quite rightly reaching the result in their favour. The goal came very early, specifically in the 12th minute, with a very beautiful header-fish Mykola Matvienko.
From then on, even though the Antwerp she was playing for her… life, unable to threaten, and instead was probably lucky not to concede a second goal, as Shakhtar missed great chances to “lock” the win, most notably Sudakov’s in the 40th minute.
In the delays, the match became a rodeo, with the Shakhtar to miss a huge opportunity in a two-on-one counterattack, and the Antwerp to answer 90+3′, with Toby Alderweireld not being able to score from close range, thanks to his great intervention Dmytro Ryznik. Somehow, the Belgians were out and the Ukrainians got another great three points!
The 5th matchday:
Shakhtar-Antwerp 1-0
(12′ Matvienko)
Barcelona-Porto (22:00)
The next (6th) matchday:
Wednesday, December 13
Antwerp-Barcelona (22:00)
Porto-Shakhtar (22:00)
The standings of the 8th group:
Source: Sport Fm
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