The miners led 3:1, but missed the victory
Miner tied with Slovenian Maribor (4:4) in a friendly match as part of the second training camp in Turkey.
On 15 minutes Oleksandr Zubkov put the Pitmen ahead by scoring a goal from outside the box. Before the break, the teams scored three times: Dmytro Kryskiv scored a double for Shakhtar, and Maribor responded with a spectacular goal from Ivan Brnich.
At the beginning of the second half of the meeting, the Slovenian team bounced back. Within three minutes, Marko Bozic and Brnic scored.
On 71 minutes, Artem Bondarenko returned the advantage to Shakhtar. The midfielder succeeded in aiming a shot from the penalty area. Maribor bounced back six minutes later with the efforts of Bozic.
Earlier in Turkey, the team of Igor Jovicevich lost in sparring to Austria (1:2), tied with the Slovenian Koper (2:2) and the Bulgarian Ludogorets (2:2). The Pitmen will play their next test match on February 8 against Sarajevo.
Following the results of the group stage of the Champions League, Shakhtar finished third in the quartet and advanced to the playoffs of the Europa League. In February, the Pitmen will play with Rennes in the 1/16 finals of the LE.
Jovičević’s team also ranks second in the UPL standings, 5 points behind Dnipro-1. In the first match of the second round, Shakhtar will play against Metalist 1925.
- test match
Shakhtar — Maribor (Slovenia) — 4:4 (3:1)
goals: Zubkov, 15, Kryskiv, 34, 40, Bondarenko, 71 – Brnic, 38, 51, Bozhich, 48, 77
Miner: Trubin, Gocholeishvili, Bondar, Farina, Mikhailichenko, Stepanenko, Sudakov, Zubkov, Bondarenko, Kryskiv, Traore
Spare: Shevchenko, Taylor, Kozik, Rakitsky, Sigeev, Totovitsky, Glushchenko, Yushchenko, Rosputko, Sikan, Boryachuk
Source: Sportarena
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