UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, April 7, 2016
Shakhtar Donetsk LDWWW 2
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Braga LLWWL 1
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SHK112
SCB011
1st Leg · Estádio Municipal de Braga · 21,645 att.

Match Report

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Shakhtar Donetsk hold off Braga to control Europa League quarterfinal

Shakhtar Donetsk soaked up Braga's pressure and scored in either half to take a 2-1 away win in the first leg of their Europa League quarterfinal.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
8
Corner Kicks
7
5
Saves
1
43.9
Possession
56.1
12
SHOTS
20
3
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
303
Accurate Passes
444
394
Passes
509
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
7
Accurate Crosses
7
19
Crosses
25
0.4
Cross %
0.3
74
Long Balls
45
34
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
7
Blocked Shots
5
13
Effective Tackles
10
20
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
17
23
Clearances
24

Head to Head

SHK leads series 2-0

Lineups

SCB · 4-4-2

  1. 92MatheusG
  2. 5Willy BolyCD-L
  3. 24Ricardo FerreiraCD-R
  4. 87Marcelo GoianoLB
  5. 15BaianoRB
  6. 8Luiz CarlosCM-L
  7. 35Nikola VukcevicCM-R
  8. 18Rafa SilvaLM
  9. 23Pedro SantosRM
  10. 19Nikola StojiljkovicCF-L
  11. 20KokaCF-R

SHK · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Andriy PyatovG
  2. 44Yaroslav RakitskiyCD-L
  3. 18Ivan OrdetsCD-R
  4. 31IsmailyLB
  5. 33Darijo SrnaRB
  6. 74Viktor KovalenkoAM
  7. 6Taras StepanenkoLM
  8. 17Maksim MalyshevRM
  9. 19Facundo FerreyraF
  10. 28TaisonAM-L
  11. 11MarlosAM-R

Timeline

  1. 44' Goal! Sporting Braga 0, Shakhtar Donetsk 1. Yaroslav Rakitskiy (Shakhtar Donetsk) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the top right corner following a corner.
  2. 70' Yaroslav Rakitskiy (Shakhtar Donetsk) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 75' Substitution, Sporting Braga. Wilson Eduardo replaces Nikola Stojiljkovic.
  4. 75' Goal! Sporting Braga 0, Shakhtar Donetsk 2. Facundo Ferreyra (Shakhtar Donetsk) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marlos.
  5. 79' Substitution, Shakhtar Donetsk. Dentinho replaces Taison.
  6. 82' Substitution, Shakhtar Donetsk. Eduardo da Silva replaces Marlos.
  7. 83' Rafa (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 87' Substitution, Sporting Braga. Filipe Augusto replaces Nikola Vukcevic.
  9. 88' Substitution, Shakhtar Donetsk. Bernard replaces Viktor Kovalenko.
  10. 89' Goal! Sporting Braga 1, Shakhtar Donetsk 2. Wilson Eduardo (Sporting Braga) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Baiano with a cross.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.