Premier League: Shakhtar lose points in Ukrainian Championship in the second round in a row

On Sunday, two matches of the 17th round of the Ukrainian championship took place, which ended with the same score - 2: 2. Shakhtar in Kharkiv escaped defeat in the game against Olimpik, and FC Lviv parted ways with Mariupol at home.

The Pitmen, who have gained some weight this week victory over "Hoffenheim" in the Champions League, made several changes in the composition compared to the European Cup match. In particular, Shakhtar's return to the traditional scheme with two center-backs caused the defender of the national team of Ukraine Matvienko to get only in reserve (although he entered the game during the first half due to Khocholava's injury). Kovalenko also started the match there, on the bench, while another of Andriy Shevchenko's wards, Bolbat, was among the top 11.

The plan for the game of "Olympic", which probably provided for the maintenance of a draw for as long as possible, collapsed in the 7th minute, when Moraes scored from the transfer of Tyson. But after the break, the problems arose in the champion. Two free kicks near Pyatov's goal ended in goals. Yevhen Pasich scored after the standard draw with a second ricochet shot from Stepanenko, and Balashov scored a direct shot.

Shakhtar played back in stoppage time. After Danchenko's pass and Alan Patrick's discount, Moraes scored with his head. The top scorer of the championship scored his 12th and 13th goals in this game in the current tournament (five of them - in the goal of "Olympic", given the hat-trick in the first round match). The Pitmen lost points in the second round in a row: last week at USC Metalist endured FC Lviv.

As part of Shakhtar, the players who were called up to the last training camp of the national team of Ukraine took part in the game: Pyatov, Kryvtsov, Stepanenko (yellow card), Bolbat (substituted in the 66th minute), Matvienko (substituted for 26- and minute), Kovalenko (came on as a substitute in the 66th minute).

In another match, in which the contenders for the top six met, Lviv and Mariupol repeated the result of their first round match - 2: 2. Andriy Boryachuk, who was called up to the national team of Ukraine in the meeting with Slovakia and Turkey, came on as a substitute in the guests in the 61st minute, had a few moments, but did not score.

17 round

01.12.2018

"Desna" - "Zorya" - 0: 2 (0: 1)

Arsenal-Kyiv - Karpaty - 1: 1 (1: 0)

02.12.2018

Lviv - Mariupol - 2:2 (2:1)

Goals: Bruno (6), Voronin (24, from the penalty spot) - Pihalonok (22), Vakula (80).

Shakhtar - Olympic - 2: 2 (1: 0)

Goals: Moraes (7, 90 + 3) - E. Pasich (52), Balashov (66).

Standings

 

 

G

W

D

L

GD

P

 1.

Shakhtar

17

13

3

1

40-9

42

 2.

Oleksandriya

16

10

3

3

24-13

33

 3.

Dynamo

16

10

2

4

21-9

32

 4.

Zorya

17

6

7

4

22-14

25

 5.

Vorskla

16

8

0

8

15-18

24

 6.

Mariupol

17

7

3

7

20-27

24

 7.

Desna

17

7

2

8

19-20

23

 8.

Lviv

17

4

8

5

15-18

20

 9.

Olimpik

17

4

6

7

21-26

18

10.

Karpaty

17

4

5

8

21-26

17

11.

Chornomorets

16

3

3

10

11-27

12

12.

Arsenal-Kiev

17

2

2

13

9-31

8

03.12.2018

Vorskla - Alexandria (17.00)

Dynamo - Chornomorets (18.30)

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