Donetsk Shakhtar lost to Portugal Portoin the match of the sixth round of the group stage of the Champions League season 2023/24.
The game took place in Porto at the Estádio do Dragao arena and ended with a score of 5:3 in favor of the home team.
The score in the match was opened by Galen already in the 9th minute of the match. The miners responded with an accurate strike in the middle of the first half of the match after Daniil Sikan completed the pass from Alexander Zubkov.
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At first, the side referee called Zubkov offside, but chief referee Istvan Kovacs allowed the episode to finish. After a VAR review, the goal was counted as Zubkov still did not have an offside position.
However, even before the break, the dragons again managed to take the lead — The second goal scored was Galen. In two matches against Shakhtar, the Brazilian midfielder scored four goals in total.
After the break, the hosts' forward Mehdi Taremi increased the advantage to two goals, but in the 73rd minute Sican forced the Portuguese to score an own goal Eustachio.< /strong>
The intrigue in the meeting did not last long, because just three minutes later 40-year-old Pepe scored the fourth goal against the miners after a corner kick. Subsequently, the fifth goal was scored by Francisco Conceição — son of the team's head coach.
However, it was Shakhtar’s players who put the finishing touches on the match. The young Brazilian Edinaldo,, who came on as a substitute, set the final score in the 87th minute.
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Porto – Shakhtar — 5:3
- Shakhtar: Riznyk, Gocholeishvili, Bondar, Rakitsky (Kelsey, 72), Matvienko, Stepanenko, Bondarenko (Nazarina, 85), Sudakov, Zubkov (Eginaldo, 86), Kryskiv (Neverton, 59), Sican.
- Porto: Diogo Costa, Zaido, Cardoso, Pepe, Sanchez (Mario, 78), Galen (Ivan Jaime, 89), Eustaquio ( Grujic, 81), Varela, Pepe (Franco, 81), Evanilson (Conceição, 81), Taremi.
- Goals: Galenu, 9, 43 Taremi, 62 Pepe, 76 — Sican, 29 Eaustaquio, 73 (aut.) Eguinaldo, 88
At the end of the group stage, Shakhtar scored 9 points and took third place in Quartet H. This will allow Marino Pusic’s team to continue playing in the current season of the Europa League playoffs.
Barcelona and Porto scored 12 points each and advanced to the next round of the Champions League. Belgian Antwerp, despite their victory in the last round over the Catalans (3:2), finished their performance in this European campaign.
