Having spent almost all of the Europa League match with Eintracht in the minority, Shakhtar avoided defeat

15.02.2019 01:53

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Having remained in the ten already in the debut of the duel, the Miners showed strong-willed qualities and managed to avoid defeat.

The starting part of the match in Kharkiv turned out to be extremely eventful. Initially, the visitors opened the scoring from a free kick awarded for Stepanenko's foul, and Pyatov did not make a mistake in this episode. Andrew seemed to cope with Hinteregger's header, but with the ball he found himself in goal. Stepanenko's second foul had no less fatal consequences. English referee Anthony Taylor assessed Taras's not quite clean shot in the center of the field with the second yellow card, leaving Donetsk ten in the 11th minute.

In the break between these episodes, the referee also ruled in favor of Shakhtar, assigning an 11-meter, which was earned by Moraes, to the visitors' goal. Marlos scored a penalty, and the score 1: 1, set in the 10th minute, eventually lasted until the beginning of the second half, when Kostic responded to the canopy of Jovic.

It is too difficult to hold the first official match of the year against a powerful Bundesliga team, which also has a numerical advantage. But Shakhtar's players found the strength to win back even in such a situation. Tyson beat Trapp after Moraes' pass.    

The match was attended by the players whom Andrey Shevchenko summoned for the last 2018 national team gathering: Pyatov, Butko, Krivtsov, Stepanenko (removed in the 11th minute), Kovalenko (replaced by 81 minutes), Bolbat (replaced) in the 90th minute).

The match will take place in Frankfurt am Main on 21 February.

Europa League. 1/16 finals. The first match

Shakhtar (Ukraine) - Eintracht (Germany) - 2: 2 (1: 1)

Goals: Marlos (10, from the penalty spot), Tyson (67) - Hinteregger (7), Kostic (50).

Shakhtar: Pyatov, Butko, Kryvtsov, Khocholava, Ismaili, Stepanenko, Alan Patrick, Marlos (Solomon, 68), Tyson (k), Kovalenko (Malyshev, 81), Moraes (Bolbat, 90).

Substitutions: Trubin, Kayode, Matvienko, Maicon.

Trainer: Paulo Fonseca.

Eintracht: Trapp, da Costa, Hasebe, Hinteregger, N'Dika, Fernandez (k) (de Guzman, 83), Rode (Willems, 46), Gachinovich, Kostic, Jovic, Rebic.

Substitutions: Rennov, Falett, Alle, Russ, Solitaire.

Trainer: Adolf Hutter.

Referee: Anthony Taylor (England).

Booked: Stepanenko (7), Kryvtsov (76) - Fernandez (19), Gachinovich (84).

After 11 minutes excluded Stepanenko (second warning).

February 14. Kharkiv. USC "Metalist".