The Donetsk team made an unforgettable debut in the Champions League for Igor Jovicevich.
Donetsk Shakhtar started this season with an impressive victory in the Champions League. In the opening match, Igor Jovićević’s wards left Leipzig without a chance on the road, defeating the opponent with a score of 4:1.
In the first half, after a mistake by the hosts’ goalkeeper, Marian Shved scored. Leipzig managed to come back at the beginning of the second half of the match, but immediately after that, the Swede put the visitors ahead again. After that, Mikhail Mudrik and Lassina Traore brought the score to a devastating one.
It should be noted that this match is the debut in the Champions League for Pitmen head coach Igor Jovicevich.
Champions League. Group F. 1st round.
RB Leipzig – Miner – 1:4
Goals: Simakan, 57 – Swede, 16, 58, Mudrik, 76, Traore, 85
Warnings: Simakan, 61 – Hemp, 50, Trubin, 60, Jurasek, 89
RB Leipzig: Gulaci – Halstenberg (Raum, 46), Orban, Diallo, Simakan – Schlager (Henrichs, 70), Laimer (Aidara, 82) – Nkunku, Soboslai – Werner (Forsberg, 70), Silva.
Shakhtar: Trubin – Hemp, Matvienko, Bondar, Taylor – Stepanenko (Krivtsov, 86) – Mudryk, Sudakov, Bondarenko (Dzhurasek, 62), Zubkov (Traore, 70) – Shved (Petryak, 62).
In other Group F matches, reigning tournament winners Real Madrid beat Scottish Celtic 3-0 away.
Celtic – true – 0:3
Goals: Vinicius 56, Modric 60, Hazard 77
Celtic: Hart, Juranovic, Carter-Vickers, Yenz, Taylor, McGegor, Riley (My 72), Hatale (Turnbull 72), Abada (Maeda 46), Jota (Haksabanovich 82), Yakumakis (Furunashi 72)
Real: Courtois, Carvajal, Militao (Rudiger 46), Alaba, Mendy, Chuameni (Camavinga 71), Modric (Asensio 80), Kroos, Valverde, Vinicius (Rodrigo 80), Benzema (Hazard 30)
In the next round of the Champions League group stage, Shakhtar will play at home against Celtic. The match will take place in one week, on September 14th.
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