The miner did not feel the resistance of the Black Sea

The UEFA Champions League season for Shakhtar Donetsk started with a more than satisfactory draw on the field of PSV of the Netherlands (1:1), but the September session of the European Cups was extremely short, so before the start of the international break, the "miners" had to turn their thoughts to the domestic arena. Because here, in fact, Ard Turan's team is planning a very difficult week with a tight schedule of official matches, which began with the home game of the sixth round of the Ukrainian Premier League against Odessa Chornomorets. Roman Hryhorchuk's team just managed to get out of a series of three defeats in a row at the start of the season and even did not concede twice in a row. Probably, this should have given the "sailors" confidence in the game against the current champion of the country. But the only certainty surrounding this game was that Shakhtar should take their three points rather comfortably. Let the game start for Turan with a headache due to Gram's injury in the fight against Pushkarev on the right flank of the other half of the field and a forced substitution already in the eighth minute. However, just five minutes later, the "miners" took the lead due to Ocheretka's long-range header from a pass from the left wing by Neverton. Chornomorets tried to find an answer to this, but was not convincing in his own attacks. Only Popov's long-range shot from the left wing moments before the visitors conceded for the second time was memorable. It happened in the 34th minute, when Bondar suddenly found himself in the service area on the right flank and executed a cross over Meirellish's head. As for the first half, and the subsequent game in general, there were almost no open questions. Turan understood this well, so he let Tsukanova play after the break, while Hryhorchuk tried to change the course of the history of this confrontation with a triple substitution, but there was no benefit from it. The young Shakhtar player found at least a couple of moments for himself in someone else's penalty area, but Aniagboso did not let himself stand out. Carvalho also tried to be remembered in the starting lineup in the debut game, but his shots were constantly lacking in accuracy. Meanwhile, the match was gradually approaching its logical conclusion, and this process was so long that it eventually began to wear out the fans and spectators. The Odessans rotated within their capabilities, but it had little effect on the course of the game, while Shakhtar did not have a particular need to defeat the opponent, so even Turan's fresh players were in no hurry. Apart from Tsukanov, of course, because for him it was a rare chance to show himself. In the next round, Shakhtar Donetsk will play a home match against LNZ Cherkasy, while in the middle of the week they will visit Vilkhivtsi in the Cup of Ukraine, and Chornomorets Odesa will host Obolon Kyiv. Shakhtar — Chornomorets 2:0 Goals: Ocheretko, 13, Meirellish, 34 Shakhtar: Riznyk — Karavaev, Gram (Bondar, 8), Matvienko, Pedrinho Azevedo — Ocheretko (Tsukanov, 46), Kryskiv (Nazarina, 70), Carvalho (Izaki, 70) — Lucas, Meirellish (Traore, 84), Neverton. Chornomorets: Aniagboso — Gusev, Zharzhu, Khobe, M. Kogut (Korniichuk, 46) — Kurko, Faraseyenko (Avaghimyan, 57), Robakidze (Kliots, 46) — Pushkaryev, Mba (Yoka, 75), K. Popov (Alefirenko, 46). Warning: K. Popov, Robakidze