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Football.ua evaluates the actions of Shakhtar Donetsk players in the UEFA Champions League fourth round match against Borussia Monchengladbach.
It is difficult to find words to describe the play of Castro’s charges in the second leg against the representative of Germany. For three weeks, Shakhtar kept the Ukrainian fans waiting for the sporting ire that lurked in the hearts of their players from the humiliating defeat in the first match. And all why? Is it really from playing limply through the 80 minutes of the match on Borussia’s field and then waking up during the last ten minutes when the counter for goals conceded in two games surpassed the double digit mark? “Offensive game” is the best characterization of what happened on the field that night, considering the censored options.
Football.ua evaluates the performance of the Shakhtar Donetsk players in the match at Borussia Park (on a 10-point scale).
Shakhtar Donetsk
Andriy Pyatov – 2.0. The penalty was a lottery, with the second ball the teammates failed, but the next two goals can be safely hung to the goalkeeper. Andriy really saved only early in the fight, when the center of Shakhtar’s defense collapsed during the first cutting pass to the back, as well as the moment with Markus Thuram’s kick in the second half, but the rivals didn’t create more. occasions for his work (except for episodes with goals). There is nothing to comment.
Dodo – 2.5. The flanks of the Donetsk defense tried to show something in attacking actions during the fight, so you can praise them a bit for their efforts, however, the connections were always attacking a massive block of opponents, so we did not expect influence. decisive of the Dodo himself.
Sergey Krivtsov – Valery Bondar – 2.0. Watching the actions of a pair of Shakhtar center-backs in the second leg against Borussia is a clearly insane process for a person’s balanced emotional state. The more experienced member of the pair simply couldn’t keep up with the attacking group of rivals, which was clearly demonstrated by the episode from the penalty spot, and Bondar simply lost concentration even worse than in the match with Vorskla before the break. international. And if you pay attention to the goals conceded, it will be quite obvious that the decisive touch always came in the nominal zone of the central defense of Shakhtar, but where was she in those moments?
Nikolay Matvienko – 2.5. Everything that was written in the characteristics of Dodo can be attributed to the Ukrainian footballer, with the only clarification that Matvienko managed to get a little more into the Liner band, which in this match was not as threatening as in Kiev. However, most of Nikolai’s losses occurred precisely on the center line, after which the Shakhtar received a retaliatory attack.
Taras Stepanenko – 3.0. The Shakhtar players that night were divided into those who were somehow involved in what was happening, as well as those who were indifferent to everything. The Ukrainian defensive midfielder fell into the first category, because after each failed action of his team he poured in abundance to his teammates. At the same time, Taras also managed to participate in the ball more than Marlos, keen for it, but did not forget to play defense. In situations where he managed, of course.
Alan Patrick – 2.5. The Brazilian midfielder was too easy to read that night, but in individual bouts he was quite uncompromising, occasionally successfully passing opponents on dribbling. But more is expected of Alan. Especially when the rest of the group of fellow attackers show their game which is far from uniform.
Tete – 3.0. The Brazilian, like Stepanenko, was also quite good in those moments when Shakhtar still managed to find space in the enemy goal. In any case, Tete played this match to the end. He was good even in defensive action, which was quite appropriate in the area with Thuram and Neuhaus. In the final stretch, the midfielder left the most pleasant impression of his game, but it was too late to do anything.
Marlos – 2.0. Marlos came out to play point guard, but he really failed to deliver anything in attacking actions. The heaviness in the legs was felt when it was necessary to move between the lines of the opponents in dynamics, and 0 attempts to go dribbling simply neutralized its strong characteristics. With the same success, Antonio was able to leave from the first minutes.
Manor Solomon – 2.0. The Israeli showed even worse offsets than his more experienced teammate, making his last run of this game across the field in the 59th minute to the bench.
Junior Moraes – 2.5. The Shakhtar forward held the ball when opponents let it go, hitting towards goal when opponents allowed at least a little aim. In general, I was looking for my moment, but could not find it. I did try until the final whistle though.
Fernando – 2.5. The dynamic Brazilian went to the flank, not to the center of attack, as usual, and, I must say, he played quite promising. Fernando has excellent speed characteristics, which there is simply nowhere to apply in the central zone, so now, when there is a window of opportunity with the poor form of Tyson and Solomon, the Brazilian needs to work hard every minute in the field of football. He played half an hour that night, not to say that he did so successfully, however, in the context of the other teammates, at least he stood out with his aspiration to the other’s goal.
Marcos Antonio – 3.0. The emergence of a miniature, mobile Brazilian under the weary rivals was a good planned move for Castro, in case the situation on the scoreboard was slightly towards Shakhtar. In the reality of the reporting game, this wasn’t even close, so Antonio was thrown into the common “soup” of the Donetsk team’s attempts to change at least something in these matches. Marcos gave the dynamics to a greater extent than Marlos, so he deserves to be rated higher than the Ukrainian.
Maicon his late substitution could affect the situation on the field only if he had succeeded in a missed shot from long range. However, with such concentrated play from Sommer, this was hard to believe. 14 touches of the ball, 9 assists, of which a third are overhangs. What I managed to do, I created for partners.
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