“Shakhtar Donetsk defeated Antwerp 1-0 in the Champions League group stage and guaranteed a place in the European Cup playoffs, Suspilne TV reported on Tuesday evening.
“Shakhtar Donetsk has won its third victory in the Champions League group stage. In the fifth round, the Pitmen beat Antwerp 1-0,” the report said.
It is noted that Shakhtar approached the match against the Belgian team in the status of the third team of Group H. Before this match, the Miners were six points behind Barcelona and Porto, who had nine points each, but retained their chances of the Champions League playoffs.
Following the results of the matches of the sixth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, a complete list of teams that won tickets to the 1/8 finals of the tournament was formed.
By the second session of the matches of the reporting round, one ticket remained vacant, for which the local Milan and the Austrian Salzburg were fighting for it face-to-face in Italy. Milan won 4-0, scored 10 points and qualified for the play-offs from second place in Group E. Chelsea finished first with 13 points.
Bayern Munich (Germany), Manchester City, Tottenham, Chelsea (all England), Porto (Portugal), Napoli (Italy), Real “(Spain), “Paris Saint-Germain” (France).
From the second places, in addition to Milan, Liverpool (England), Brugge (Belgium), Inter, Milan (both Italy), Eintracht Frankfurt, RB Leipzig were selected for the 1/8 finals , “Borussia Dortmund” (all – Germany), “Benfica” (Portugal).
Consolation trips to the playoffs of the Europa League, the second-highest club tournament on the continent, were taken by the teams that became third in their Champions League groups: Ajax (Netherlands), Bayer (Germany), Sporting CP (Portugal), Salzburg (Austria), Shakhtar (Ukraine), Barcelona, Sevilla (both Spain), Juventus (Italy).
Group outsiders dropped out of European competition: Rangers (Scotland), Atletico (Spain), Victoria (Czech Republic), Marseille (France), Dynamo Zagreb (Croatia), Celtic (Scotland), ” Copenhagen (Denmark), Maccabi Haifa (Israel).
The draw for the 1/8 finals of the Champions League will take place on 7 November in Nyon.
Dinamo Kiev lost 0-1 to Barcelona (Spain) in the third match of the 2021-2022 Champions League group stage, dropping to last place in Group E with one point.
The only goal in the 36th minute was scored by Gerard Piqué, completing Jordi Alba’s pass from the goalkeeper’s line. Thus, the Catalans bypassed the Kyivans, rising to third place with three points.
In another match, the leaders play: Benfica in Lisbon hosts Bayern München.
In the fourth round on November 2, Dinamo will play with Barcelona in Kyiv, and Benfica will go to Germany.
Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club tied the game with the score of 0:0 against Inter Milan, Italy, in the second match of the 2021/2022 UEFA Champions League group stage.
Despite the fact that the Shakhtar players had more possession of the ball, the match was played in an equal fight, with high pressure from both teams. At the same time, Inter in the end of the match was closer to victory, but Shakhtar goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov made a couple of high-quality saves.
As reported, in the first match of Group D, Shakhtar lost to Moldovan Sheriff with the score of 0:2 away, while Inter lost to Real Madrid with the score of 0:1 at home.
In the third round on October 19, Shakhtar will host Real Madrid, and Inter will host Sheriff.
Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club has played a 0-0 draw with Inter Milan in the second round of the Champions League group stage.
At the Olympiysky National Sports Complex (NSC) on Tuesday, the Ukrainian champion managed to keep his gates intact in the match against the team, to which he lost with a score of 0:5 in the semifinals of the Europa League in Dusseldorf, Germany, in the mid-August.
In the first round, Shakhtar beat Real Madrid with a score of 3:2, and after two rounds, the “miners” have four points and the first place in the group so far.
Shakhtar Donetsk beat Real Madrid 3-2 in the first round of the Champions League group stage.
In the first half, Shakhtar, played in a weakened line-up due to the early detection of coronavirus (COVID-19) in a number of team players, managed to score three unanswered goals against the Royal Club. Brazilian Tete, Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane, and Shakhtar’s Israeli midfielder Manor Solomon scored a goal.
At the beginning of the second half, Real managed to win back two goals after accurate hits by Luka Modric and Vinicius Junior. In the last seconds of the match, Madrid managed to score the third goal after hitting Federico Valverde, but the goal was canceled after the referee watched a video replay due to offside position of one of the Spanish team’s players.
This group also includes the Italian Inter and the German Borussia (Mönchengladbach).
