Barcelona stumbles and loses to Shakhtar in the Champions League

This Tuesday, the 7th, the Shakhtar Donetsk received the Barcelonain Hamburg, Germany, in a match valid for the group stage of the Champions League. After achieving 100% success in the first three games, the Catalan team stumbled against the Ukrainians and lost 1-0.

Despite a start marked by a dominant Barcelona, ​​the Catalan team had control of the actions, but was not objective enough to open the scoring. On the other hand, Shakhtar had less possession of the ball, but was already trying some counterattacks that could complicate Barça’s life. Furthermore, Ter Stegen He had to make at least one important save.

Until, at 39 minutes, Sikan appeared in the penalty area to open the scoring, taking advantage of a cross from the left, the attacker rose freely and headed firmly into the goal. Therefore, Barcelona, ​​who seemed to be in control of the game, didn’t have enough attitude and went into the dressing room with a disadvantage. Interval! 1 to 0.

On the way back to the second stage, Barcelona pressed in search of a draw, trying to force the Ukrainian team into a mistake. However, even with the Catalans’ offensive momentum, Shakhtar still found spaces to counterattack and, more than that, pose a threat to the goal defended by Ter Stegen.

João Felix entered the second stage, with the aim of intensifying Barcelona’s attacks, which had not been performing well with Ferran Torres. Newtonstriker trained in the youth teams of the São Paulo, scored the Ukrainian club’s second, but the goal was disallowed for offside and the score was maintained. End of the game! 1 to 0.