Shakhtar sensationally beats Barcelona in the Champions League. Video

Shakhtar Donetsk sensationally defeated Barcelona. The nominal home match of the 4th round of the Champions League in Hamburg, Germany, at the Volksparkstadion stadium ended with a score of 1-0.

Before the match, bookmakers did not believe in the success of our compatriots, accepting bets with sky-high odds of 9.5.

Just like in the game 2 weeks ago, the titled Catalans seized the initiative from the first seconds, pressing the Ukrainians to the goal. The first chance for the Orange and Blacks came only in the 14th minute, but Matvienko hit Ter Stegen in the leg.

Barcelona controlled the ball, but Shakhtar gradually pushed their opponents closer to the center circle. The visitors no longer had as many options to enter our penalty area, and Gundogan and Rafinha were forced to shoot from long range.

Any Shakhtar attack that started was met with wild pressure from the Catalans. Barcelona pressed, but it did not come to real scoring situations.

In the second half, the ball hardly left the Ukrainian half of the field. Marino Pušić's men emphasized counterattacks but had difficulty leaving the defense, completing most of their attacks after three or four passes.

In the 40th minute, the Ukrainian champion was able to squeeze the most out of the moment. A diagonal pass across the field from Sudakov caught up with Gocholeishvili on the flank. The 22-year-old Georgian defender made a cross into the penalty area, where Sikan sent the ball into the net with an incredible trajectory.

After the break, the guests went on the attack from the first minutes trying to win back as quickly as possible. Barcelona began to take shots, which was not the case in the first half.

Shakhtar, spending most of the time defending, sometimes went full-strength on defense. Barcelona changed their tactics, occasionally breaking through the flank to the Riznyk penalty area, which was not the case in the first half.

The Catalan players tried to gain a deeper foothold in Shakhtar's half of the field, spending the last minutes in massive attacks, but this did not affect the final score.

In the 87th minute, Neverton even managed to score a goal, catching the opponent on the counterattack, but he did it from offside.

Shakhtar gains 6 points and is level with Porto. The Portuguese will play their game later. In the 5th round on November 28, Shakhtar will play with Antwerp.

Shakhtar Ukraine vs Barcelona Spain 1: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0)

Goal: 1:0 - 40 Sikan.

Shakhtar - Riznyk, Gocholeishvili, Bondar, Rakitsky, Matvienko, Stepanenko (k) (Nazarina, 72), Zubkov, Kryskiv, Sudakov, Neverton (Swedish, 90+8), Sikan (Kelsey, 62).

Barcelona - ter Stegen (k), Cancelo, Araujo, Christensen, Alonso (Balde, 59), Gundogan, Romeu (Pedri, 59), Gavi (Lopez, 81), Rafinha (Yamal, 59), Lewandowski, Torres (Felix, 59) .

Cautions: Araujo (45), Neverton (90).

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