Europa League: Shakhtar concede to Eintracht in Germany and complete European Cup appearances this season

21.02.2019 23:49

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In the second match with Eintracht, the champions of Ukraine were defeated by a large margin and went the distance, although they could have hoped for a better fate, if not for two hits in the crossbar in the second half.

Based on the bill the first match, Shakhtar had to score. However, during the first half, the miners did not create anything ahead. But the hosts, after a pause, realized their first scoring opportunities. Probably, due to the disqualification of the players of the national team of Ukraine Stepanenko and Kryvtsov, it was noticeable, negatively affecting the reliability of the team's defense of Paulo Fonseca. At first, Yovych responded to da Kostya's shot from the right flank, beating Pyatov with a powerful shot from the 11-meter mark, and then Alle converted a penalty, which was awarded for the game by Matvienko.

Before the break, Shakhtar's players managed to score only twice, but Moraes and Butko's shots were too weak to create any problems for Trapp. In the second half, the Pitmen adjusted, Kovalenko took the more usual position of attacking midfielder, but it took the guests almost 20 minutes to start seriously rocking the defense of "Eintracht".

Marlos gave an accurate pass to Ismaili, who fired at Moraes. The Donetsk striker won the fight for the position of the defenders and beat the goalkeeper with a shot from close range, reviving the intrigue. And soon only the crossbar saved the hosts after a powerful shot from Marlos from medium distance.

At the end of the match, Shakhtar managed to press the opponent to the goal, Tyson even hit his head into the crossbar, but Eintracht's counterattack buried the Pitmen's hopes - in the 80th minute, Alle scored a double. And then Rebych scored with a shot from outside the penalty area, setting the final score - 4: 1.

The match was attended by players who Andriy Shevchenko called for the last training camp of the national team in 2018: Pyatov, Butko (replaced in the 66th minute), Bolbat (replaced in the 66th minute), Matvienko (yellow card), Kovalenko (replaced in the 80th minute).

Europa League. 1/16 finals. Match answer

Eintracht (Germany) - Shakhtar (Ukraine) - 4: 1 (2: 0)

Goals: Jovic (23), Alle (27, from the penalty spot, 80), Rebic (88) - Moraes (64).

Eintracht: Trapp, Abraham (k), Hinteregger, N'Dika, da Costa, Hasebe, Rode (Willems, 73), Kostic, Gachinovich (de Guzman, 90 + 1), Alle, Jovic (Rebic, 71).

Substitutions: Rennov, Falett, Russ, Solitaire.

Trainer: Adolf Hutter.

Shakhtar: Pyatov, Butko (Bolbat, 66), Khocholava, Matvienko, Ismail, Kovalenko (Kayode, 80), Alan Patrick, Marlos, Tyson (k), Solomon (Maicon, 46), Moraes.

Substitutions: Trubin, Bondar, Malyshev, Fernando.

Trainer: Paulo Fonseca.

Referee: Antonio Matteo Laos (Spain).

Booked: Abraham (39), Rode (60), Alle (68) - Matvienko (26), Moraes (33).

21 February. Frankfurt am Main. City Stadium.

Debut - 2: 2.