Shakhtar Donetsk confidently began in the European Cup season, having won a huge victory over Finnish Ilves in the first match of the Europa League. A nominal home meeting for the Ukrainian team at the Slovenian stadium “Stozhice” (Lyublyana) ended with an estimate of 6: 0.
From the first minutes, Shakhtar took the initiative, adjusting his dense control over the ball and united in the attack. Already in the 26th minute, the ward won the well-deserved advantage-Kevin brought Alisson one to one successful translation, and the Brazilian hit the goalkeeper-1: 0.
Before the break, the people of Donetsk doubled the advantage: after the corner from Alisson, an accurate blow to the cross with the crossbar was caused by Cavan Elias-2: 0 in the 43rd minute. Ilves tried to match the counterattacks, and Maxim Stepin had two times more chances, but both blows were inaccurate.
Shahtar did not reduce the pace in the second half. Already in the 47th minute, Elisson fled to a counterattack, fought with the defender, and made an accurate blow to the center of the gate double 3-0.
The rest of the time, the “orange black”, continued to control the course of the game and did not allow the enemy to return to the match. Instead, they kept the 4th goal. Elisson could decorate a hat-trick, but the goalkeeper managed with his blow. However, Kevin was the first on the ball.
The Finns completely surrendered until the end of the meeting, missing two goals in a few minutes.
The meeting will be held in Finland. In case of victory, Shakhtar will play at the next stage against Turkish Besiktas.
Recall that from the season 2025/2026 Shakhtar is controlled by Turkish specialist Arda Turan.
Prior to this, the miners headed Marino Push Paisch. During this time, he spent 71 official match with the team. Under his leadership, Shakhtar won 44 victories, played 13 times and suffered 14 defeats. The difference between the balls during this period was 139-71.
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