Rakitskyi came on in goal instead of the goalkeeper at the UPL match. Video.
Yaroslav had to take the pla...
Shakhtar Donetsk defender Yaroslav Rakitskiy was forced to play the rest of the match against Dnipro-1 in goal after Anatoliy Trubin was sent off. The 33-year-old was given goalkeeping gloves and a T-shirt with Shevchenko's name on it (the Shakhtar's second goalkeeper).
Rakitskyi had to wear a T-sh...
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In the last seconds of the match, a massive brawl broke out between the players at the Arena Lviv pitch. As a result of the fight, Kateryna Monzul sent off three players, including Shakhtar's main goalkeeper.
Monzul showed 3 red cards
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Since all the replacements had been made by then, Igor Jovićević put his veteran in the frame.
Rakitskyi in goal
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This decision caused a violent reaction on the Orange and Blacks' bench, especially from Andriy Pyatov.
The bench's reaction to Rakitskyi in the goal
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It is worth noting that Yaroslav did not concede a goal in the remaining time, leaving his goal untouched.
As OBOZREVATEL previously reported, Shakhtar beat Dnipro-1 3-0 to win the Ukrainian championship for the 14th time in its history.
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