Next week, the Pitmen will play the first leg of the playoffs of the UEL with Rennes
Miner continues preparations for the first match of the playoffs of the Europa League with Rennes.
The team held their first training session in Warsaw after returning from a training camp in Turkey. Midfielders continue to work according to the individual program Egor Nazarina, Maryan Shved And Oleg Ocheretko, as well as forward Andrey Kulakov.
In the last friendly at the training camp in Turkey, Shakhtar confidently defeated Sarajevo (4:0). Earlier, the team of Igor Jovicevich lost to Austria (1:2), and also drew three meetings – with Slovenian Koper (2:2) and Bulgarian Ludogorets (2:2) and Slovenian Maribor (4:4).
The first match against Rennes in the 1/16 finals of the Europa League will take place on February 16 in Warsaw at the stadium of the Polish Army named after Marshal Jozef Pilsudski. The beginning is at 19:45 Kyiv time. The second leg is February 23rd.
In the Ukrainian championship, Shakhtar takes the second place, five points behind Dnipro-1. The Pitmen will play their next match in the UPL in the spring – on March 4, the team of Jovicic will meet with Metalist 1925.
Source: Sportarena
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