Europa League. Shakhtar and Dynamo are in the same tournament but in different baskets

13.12.2018 13:15

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Draw in the last round of the group round of the Champions League with Lyon allowed Shakhtar to take only third place in its quartet, which gave the Pitmen the right to play in the 1/16 finals of the Europa League.

Thus, after Vorskla lost any chances to make it to the Champions League playoffs on the international arena this season, two Ukrainian representatives remain - Kyiv's Dynamo and Shakhtar.

However, unlike the capital team, which won its Europa League group ahead of schedule and got to the first basket, Donetsk before the draw of the 1/16 finals, which will take place on Monday, December 17, will be in the second basket and can get a pretty strong opponent like " Chelsea "," Arsenal "or" Inter ". The reason - in the correspondence competition of the third places of the Champions League, they did not get into the top four (taking into account the number of points, the difference between goals scored and conceded, the number of goals scored).

Champions League Third Place Table

We will add that the matches of the 1/16 finals of the Europa League will take place on February 14 and 21, 2019. It is already known that Shakhtar will play its first match at home, and Dynamo will play away. The full list of potential rivals of Ukrainian clubs will be determined late on December 13.