Before the match with Eintracht: Shakhtar's European Cup in February

13.02.2019 12:02

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In 18 matches in all European Cup tournaments in February, Shakhtar won seven, drew eight times and lost three times.

On February 14 in Kharkiv and on the 21st in Frankfurt, Shakhtar Donetsk players will meet German Eintracht in the 1/16 finals of the Europa League. Statistics of February matches of Donetsk residents in Europe testify in their favor.

For the first time in the last month of winter, Shakhtar entered the European tournaments on February 16, 2005 in the 1/16 finals of the UEFA Cup against Schalke. The game in Donetsk at RSC "Olympic" ended in a draw - 1: 1, and the only ball in the orange and black held Brandao.

In total, in four matches in the Champions League in February, eight in the UEFA Cup and six in the Europa League, Shakhtar's players have won seven, drawn eight times and lost three times.

Rivals of the Ukrainian team were clubs from five countries - Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy, England and France. Most often, Gelsenkirchen's Schalke and Italy's Roma found themselves in Shakhtar's path - twice. In both cases of matches with the German team (in the UEFA Cup in 2005 and the Europa League in 2016) Donetsk qualified for the next stage of the competition. But with the Italians once went further (in the Champions League in 2011), and once lost (in the Champions League in 2018).  

In general, in the February European Cup duels, Shakhtar won six times and gave way to rivals five times.

The Pitmen have 23 goals and 18 conceded goals. The best scorer in Shakhtar's European Cup tournaments in February is Luis Adriano, who has scored four goals. Twice the forward of Donetsk upset the Czech "Victoria" and once - the English "Fulham" and the Italian "Roma". Jadson scored three goals in the European Cups for the Pitmen in February. Brandao, Fernandinho, Srna, Douglas Costa and Ferreira scored twice. One goal each for Agahova, Marika, Seleznyov, Kovalenko, Marlos and Fred.

The Italian Roma suffered the most from the effective blows of Shakhtar players in February. Her goalkeepers capitulated to Donetsk five times - 3: 2, 2: 1.  

In addition, the Orange and Blacks scored for Czech Victoria, Germany's Borussia D and Schalke, England's Fulham and Tottenham, and France's Nancy and Lille.