After five rounds, Igor Jovic's wards secured a European cup spring. And the victory in today’s game against "Leipzig" put "Shakhtar" into the Champions League playoffs. Note that due to Russia’s military invasion, the miners are again playing their home match in Warsaw.

In the first half, the Germans had a significant advantage, creating several dangerous moments. On the 8th minute, Trubin held off Werner's shot from just outside the penalty area, but soon "Leipzig" went ahead. Nkunku intercepted the ball near Shakhtar’s penalty box, passed to Werner, whose shot was parried by Trubin, but on the rebound, the same Nkunku put the ball in the net.

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Later, Shakhtar's goalkeeper parried Forsberg’s shot, to which Ukrainians responded with an inaccurate long attempt by Petryak. Towards the end of the first 45-minute period, the orange-and-black made several promising attacks but failed to trouble Błaszczyk.

Unfortunately, in the second half, "Leipzig" was head and shoulders above "Shakhtar." On the 50th minute, Símacan headed it on for a long-range shot, while Silva doubled the Germans' lead. Later, Trubin parried Forsberg’s powerful shot under the crossbar.

On the 62nd minute, Soboslay capitalized on Nkunku's pass, dribbled past the goalkeeper and scored into an empty net. Shortly after coming off the bench, Olmo marked his presence with a class long-range shot into the far corner of the goal. However, the ball hit Bondar, who was credited with an own goal.

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Shakhtar responded with a dangerous shot by Mudryk over the crossbar, later Bondar headed it into goalmouth but failed to score. In summary - a 0-4 defeat. Thus, orange-and-black occupy third place in the group which gives them a spot in the Europa League knockout stage. The draw for this round will take place on November 7 (start at 14:00 Kyiv time).

In the match, Shakhtar fielded players who were called up to the national team for the last training camp: Trubin, Bondar (own goal), Matviyenko, Mykhaylichenko (yellow card), Stepanenko, Mudryk (substituted in 74th minute).

Champions League. Group stage. Group F

6th round

"Shakhtar" (Ukraine) - "Leipzig" (Germany) - 0:4 (0:1)

Goals: Nkunku (10), Silva (50), Soboslay (62), Bondar (68, own goal).

"Shakhtar": Trubin, Konoplya (Taylor, 59), Bondar, Matviyenko, Mykhaylichenko, Sudakov (Jurasek, 59), Stepanenko (c), Petryak, Bondarenko (Kryskiv, 81), Mudryk (Totovic, 74), Traore (Sikan, 59).

Substitutes: Shevchenko, Pyatov, Krivtsov, Kulakov, Topalov, Ocheretnyk, Kozik.

Coach: Igor Jovic.

"Leipzig": Blaszczyk, Símacan (Henricks, 67), Orban (c), Gvardiol, Raum (Ghasteinberg, 67), Soboslay (Olmo, 67), Schläger (Diallo, 74), Kampl, Werner (Forsberg, 19), Nkunku, Silva.

Substitutes: Nikisch, Schlücke, Aydar, Novoa.

Referee: Michael Oliver (England).

Yellow cards: Mykhaylichenko (24), Taylor (66), Sikan (89).

November 2. Warsaw. Via Gliwicki Stadium.

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Final standings