Online text broadcast of the match Bologna – Shakhtar live
Today, September 18, at 19:45 Kyiv time, in the first round match Champions League 2024/25 meet Bologna And MinerThe match will take place in Bologna, at the Renato Dall’Ara stadium.
Good evening! Sport Arena welcomes you to the online match of the Champions League. Bologna hosts Shakhtar! The broadcast is hosted by Alexander Tsvirk.
The Ukrainian champion will debut in the new draw of the main European Cup, which has changed its format this season and is being held in the league format for the first time. The Miners’ opponents are the absolute debutant of the Champions League, which left several recognized giants of Italian football behind last season.
Bologna vs Shakhtar: odds
First, a few words about the new format of the Champions League. According to the new regulations, points will be counted in the overall standings. The eight best teams will advance to the 1/8 finals directly. The remaining eight spots will be played out in a knockout round among the teams ranked 9th to 24th. The teams ranked 25th to 36th will no longer compete in European competitions.
According to the calculations of the analytical company Opta, Shakhtar’s chances of reaching the 1/8 finals are only 3.9%. Only two clubs have less: Young Boys and Slovan. At the same time, Bologna’s chances of reaching the same stage are estimated quite high – 30%.
As for today’s meeting, Shakhtar coach Marino Pusic is convinced that the opponents have equal chances before the match. His counterpart Vincenzo Italiano was focused on the historic debut and diplomatically called Shakhtar one of the “highest-level teams”.
The Donetsk team will play against Bologna in a yellow and blue kit. For the first time in Shakhtar’s history, the third kit for the season was a variant in the colors of the national flag, and today this kit will debut in an official match.
Bologna – Shakhtar: personnel
This summer, the Rossoblu lost several key players – the main losses were considered to be the expensive sales of defender Riccardo Calafiori and forward Joshua Zirkzee to the Premier League. However, many quality newcomers were bought to replace those who left. The team also changed coach – Italiano came from Fiorentina to replace Thiago Motta, who left for Juventus.
Today, the Bologna coach cannot count on three injured players, including the team captain, Scottish midfielder Lewis Ferguson, as well as striker Nicolo Cambiagi.
Marino Pusic took 28 players to Italy – almost all representatives of the Donetsk club’s application list for the entire group (general) stage of the Champions League, except for the young midfielder Viktor Tsukanov. There is also information about the injury of reserve goalkeeper Timur Puzankov.
Refereeing the match Bologna – Shakhtar
The fight will be refereed by a Norwegian Rohit Saggi. The 32-year-old referee will make his debut at the Champions League group stage level. During his career, he has worked 18 European Cup matches, in which he showed 86 yellow and three red cards, and awarded two penalties.
Saggi will be assisted by his compatriots Morten Jensen and Anders Olav Dale. The fourth official is Sigurd Kringstad, also from Norway. The VAR system will be handled by Frenchmen – Jerome Brizard (head referee) and Willy Delajod (assistant).
Pre-match odds
Bologna, despite its status as an absolute newcomer to the tournament, is the favorite of today’s match – bets on its victory are accepted for 2.02. You can bet on Shakhtar’s double chance (X2) for 1.86.
Both Teams to Score – Offer for 1.87. The most likely author of the goal for the Miners is Daniil Sikan with a coefficient of 4.00.
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Bologna vs Shakhtar: starting lineups
⚒ Shakhtar warehouse for the first match of the Champions League season against Bologna 🇮🇹
🙌 We’re looking forward to joining the team! Go ahead, Shakhtar! 🧡
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— ⚒FC SHAKHTAR DONETSK (@FCShakhtar) September 18, 2024
Shakhtar warmed up cheerfully in the Carpathians ahead of the start of the Champions League, thrashing their opponents in a seven-goal match:
Champions League. 1st round
18 September 2024, 19:45. Stadium: Renato Dall’Ara (Bologna)
Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)
Bologna – Shakhtar
Watch online text broadcast of the match Bologna – Shakhtar
Italiano made an even more impressive rotation after the match against Como (2:2) – six changes at once. The defenders lost their places in the starting lineup Nicolo Casale And Juan Mirandamidfielders Tommaso Pobega And Michel Aebischeras well as attacking players Tase Dallinga And Jens Odgaard.
Compared to the match against Karpaty in the UPL, Shakhtar’s defender returned to the starting lineup Nikolay Matvienko. Two more changes have been made to the right-back position (Efim Konoplya instead of Vinicius Tobias) and left winger (Eginald instead of Kevin).
Starting lineups are already known!
Bologna (4-3-3): Skorupski – Posch, Lucumi, Beikema, Lykogiannis – Fabbian Freuler, Moro – Orsolini, Castro, Ndoye
Shakhtar (4-3-3): Riznyk – Konoplya, Bondar, Matvienko, Pedro Henrique – Bondarenko, Kryskiv, Sudakov – Zubkov, Sikan, Eginaldo
Hello, friends! Sport Arena invites you to the text broadcast of the match of the 1st round of the Champions League between Bologna and Shakhtar. The Ukrainian champion will debut in the new draw of the main European Cup, which has changed its format this season and is being held in the league format for the first time. The Miners’ opponents are the absolute debutant of the Champions League, which left several recognized giants of Italian football behind last season.
Source: Sportarena
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