Champions League. Shakhtar won an important draw in Manchester

27.11.2019 01:52

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According to the tournament standings, in case of victory in today's match, "Manchester City" guaranteed itself not only a place in the playoffs, but also first place in the group.

This result of the match, given the busy schedule of the Mancunians, seemed to them a very attractive goal, because it made the match of the last round a formality. The motivation of the opponent, who dominates in the class, further complicated the situation of Shakhtar, which had a second-line dispute with Zagreb's Dynamo. Especially since the Pitmen had to play without two unconditional leaders - the injured Tyson and the disqualified Marlos.

Gift from Ederson Tete did not use

The beginning of the match seemed quite calm, Donetsk almost did not concede to the Mancunians in possession of the ball, although, unlike them, mostly did it in their own half of the field. Pyatov, who looked confident, dealt with the passes to the penalty area of ​​the guests, who passed from time to time. And in the 15th minute, Shakhtar unexpectedly got a great chance. Aunt after a diagonal pass on the move from Matvienko broke away from the defenders and passed Ederson, who made a mistake on the way out. The young Brazilian had an empty goal and a sharp corner, but his slightly late shot was neutralized by ex-Donetsk player Fernandinho, who secured his goalkeeper.

Later the game became more intense, several dangerous blows were inflicted on the Pitmen's goal, but Pyatov showed reliability. The Pitmen also periodically disturbed the Man City defense, finding a weak spot in it on the left flank, where the injured player of the national team of Ukraine Zinchenko is currently absent.

Small blood'The British failed to beat Shakhtar

Despite the fact that at the beginning of the second half there was no total dominance of Josep Guardiola's wards, they still managed to open the score. During the rapid attack of the "citizens" defenders of the "orange and black" did not have time to take the right position, and Gabriel Jesus led to the blow of Gundogan. 1: 0.

After that, the Mankunians switched to economy mode, trying to save the bill without unnecessary energy costs. And soon the team of Luis Castro punished them for it. The counter-attack involving Moraes, Tete and Dodo was completed by Solomon, who had just been replaced.

Shakhtar scored an important point and broke away from Dynamo. But, given the result of the parallel match, Donetsk now has two competitors, with one of them, "Atalanta", they will meet in the last round.

The Pitmen, Kryvtsov, Matvienko, Stepanenko, Kovalenko (replaced by 81 minutes), Konoplyanka (replaced by 65 minutes), Moraes (replaced by 90 minutes) were involved in the game of the Pitmen in the game. 

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Champions League. Group round. Round 5

Group C

Manchester City (England) - Shakhtar (Ukraine) - 1: 1 (0: 0)

Goal: Gundogan (56) - Solomon (69).

Manchester City: Ederson, João Cancellu, Fernandinho (k), Otamendi, Angelinho, De Bruyne (David Silva, 70), Rodry (Foden, 76), Gundogan, Bernarda Silva, Sterling, Gabriel Jesús.

Substitutions: Carson, Walker, Stones, Mandy, Mares.

Trainer: Josep Guardiola.

Shakhtar: Pyatov, Dodo, Krivtsov, Matvienko, Ismail, Stepanenko (k), Alan Patrick, Tete, Kovalenko (Marcos Antonio, 81), Konoplyanka (Solomon, 65), Moraes (Sikan, 90).

Substitutions: Shevchenko, Bolbat, Khocholava, Sipriano.

Trainer: Louis Castro.

Referee: Slavko Vincic (Slovenia).

November 26th. Manchester. City of Manchester Stadium.

Atalanta (Italy) - Dynamo C (Croatia) - 2: 0 (1: 0)

Standings

6 round

11.12.2019

Dynamo C - Manchester City

Shakhtar vs Atalanta