In the last season, the teams "Besiktas" and "Shakhtar," who participated in the Champions League, faced each other in the central match of the second qualifying round of the Europa League. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.
In the 7th minute of the match, Eginaldo took possession of the ball in front of the opponent's penalty area and passed it to Alisson Santana. Alisson deceived the defender, took a precise shot at the goal, and after a small deflection, the ball entered the net.
Later, Alisson took a shot from inside the penalty area, but the ball was headed away by Marlon, who was standing on the goal line. In the 28th minute, Alisson made an accurate pass from the right flank, and Eginaldo headed the ball into the net from a long corner.
At the end of the first half, Temmi Abraham successfully converted a penalty, reducing the score. Milot Rashitsa made a great pass to Jedson Fernandes, who entered the penalty area, but his low shot was saved by the goalkeeper's foot.
In the second half, Rafa Silva received a pass from Orkun Kykch and entered the penalty area, taking a shot at the near corner, but the goalkeeper saved the corner kick. Through a brilliant pass from Pedrinyu, Georgiy Sudakov took a sharp shot from a corner, but the ball went outside the goal.
In the 67th minute, Alisson entered the penalty area from the flank, deceived the defender, and made a pass to the far corner. In this situation, Kevin's precise shot increased the score to 1:3.
In the final minutes of the match, Joao Mario moved from the flank to the center and passed to Silva. Silva took a shot at the far corner, the goalkeeper saved it, but Mario retrieved the ball and brought the score to 2:3.
Then Artem Bondarenko, in a quick counterattack, moved from the flank to the center and made an accurate pass to Kevin. Kevin placed the ball in the far corner with his second touch, bringing the score to 2:4.
The "Shakhtar" team maintained their victory. The return match will be decided within a week.
