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Shakhtar Donetsk is the third semifinalist of the 2019-20 Europa League and will face Inter Milan on August 16. In the other semi-final, Manchester United will face Sevilla who beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0.
Great match for the Ukrainian team, tremendously superior to a Basel that could barely resist in specific phases of the match. Donetsk's team got ahead of itself very early and displayed their enormous offensive potential especially in the first period. He scored two goals, but the truth is that they had opportunities to have gone to the locker room with the tie fully resolved. Junior Moraes, Taison, Alan Patrick and Dodó were the authors of the four goals, while the Swiss got the honor goal at the last minute through Ricky van Wolfswinkel.
FULL TIME !!! Shakhtar Donetsk secured a ticket to the Europa League semi-finals for the first time since the 2015-16 season.
The Swiss team scored the goal of honor in a collective play in which Ademi managed to place a good cross into the area and Ricky van Wolfswinkel managed to score on an empty goal without opposition.
BASEL GOOOL !!! GOOOOL OF VAN WOLFSWINKEL !!!
Assists Kemal Ademi
Four minutes of added time !!! The game is totally doomed, although Shaktar players will have to wait a little longer to celebrate this important victory.
The fourth goal for the Ukrainian team has come with some suspense, since it seemed that the referee was going to cancel it, although finally the VAR has validated it.
GOOOOL OF SHAKHTAR !!! DODO GOOOOL !!!
Valerii Bondar was reprimanded for releasing his elbow in a jump. One of the few ugly actions that have been seen in a game that has stood out for its cleanliness.
Triple change in the Shakhtar. Junior Moraes, Marcos Antonio and Taison leave. Fernando, Maycon and Cardoso enter the field of play.
Marchand tried from outside the area, but the ball bounced off a Shakhtar defender and ended up coming meekly into Pyatov's hands.
Recall that the winner of this tie, presumably the Donetsk team, will meet Inter Milan in the semi-finals of the tournament. The Italian team beat Bayer Leverkusen in their quarter-final match yesterday.
Just over ten minutes for the conclusion of the match. Basel is still trying, but each time with less conviction in view of the large score against it.
Luis Castro begins to give rest to his reference players. Alan Patrick leaves the field and is replaced by Viktor Kovalenko.
The Basel coach had burned the ships to try to find a miracle, but the goal of the sentence of a Shakhtar Donetsk arrives from eleven meters with just over fifteen minutes to go to reach the semifinals of the Europa League.
GOOOOL OF SHAKHTAR !!!! PENALTY GOAL FROM ALAN PATRICK !!!
Marcel Koller makes a triple and the truth is that it is a somewhat surprising movement because it takes Arthur Cabra off the field of play. Valentin Stocker and van der Werff are also leaving. Kemal Ademi, Ricky van Wolfswinkel and Eric dos Santos enter the field.
The Ukrainian team makes the first change of the game. Marlos, the author of the game's two assists, leaves and Solomon takes over.
Now Marlos was wrong when it came to putting the final pass looking for Moraes. Luis Castro's men are now lacking a bit of precision in the final meters.
The Swiss team is now tightening. A possible penalty is claimed, followed by a corner. The Basel players try to score a goal that will get them back in the game.
Arthur !!! Great move to gain control of the ball in the edge of the area, although his shot was deflected in his attempt to pass Andriy Pyatov bypass.
The Shakhtar attackers are recreating and looking to curl the loop in their approaches to the Basel area in this second period of the match. Now Moraes tried to combine with Marlos instead of looking for the release.
Yellow card Arthur Mendonça Cabral
Taulant Xhaka cannot continue. The Basel coach is forced to make his first change due to injury. Yannick Marchand enters the field of play.
Sergey Krivtsov's header in a somewhat forced position. The ball was easy prey for Nikolic.
Basel insists on hanging balls over the rival area, but will have to try something different because the defense of the Ukrainian team is behaving for the moment like an insurmountable wall.
Xhaka, one of the most important players in Basel, has remained lying down, and pay attention because things are not looking good. The player is very in pain.
Alan Patrick has been booked after a foul on a dangerous counter-attack from Pululu.
Shakhtar Donetsk tries to lengthen his possessions. They are aware that they have the tie in their hand, although Basel seems to have come out with one more march in these first bars of the second period.
Great ball from Campos looking deep for Arthur, but the Basel striker missed in control.
THE SECOND TIME BEGINS !!!
Very complete first period of Luis Castro's. They have dominated at will after taking the lead very early on the scoreboard thanks to both Moraes. The Ukrainians, however, did not take their foot off the gas and have been able to leave this quarter-final tie fully sentenced. Nikolic and the crossbar have avoided a scandalous win and give Basel still a chance to overcome the adverse result in the second forty-five minutes. We will see…
END OF THE FIRST PERIOD !!! Shakhtar Donetsk head to the locker room after having had a great first period at the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen.
One minute of added time !!!
Arthur !!! Basel's first goal scorer action. He had barely been able to come into play so far and the Swiss team's production in the first forty-five minutes has been very low.
Marcel Koller's team is crying out for the arrival of halftime. It will be time to try to compose himself, but the truth is that he is clearly being surpassed by his rival in this first act of the contest.
The Donetsk team dominates the score, but the truth is that the result could have been a real scandal, since, in addition to the two goals, the Ukrainians have had three or four very clear chances.
TO THE SENIOR MARCOS ANTONIO !!! He was looking for the squad from the front of the area in a sensational shot with a screw. But the truth is that he had all the time in the world to put together the launch against the passivity of the Swiss defense.
Despite the fact that Nikolic has had some doubts in his outings in aerial balls, the truth is that he has had a couple of interventions that allow, at least, that his team continue to have some option in this commitment to the quarterfinals of the Europa League .
Nice intervention by Nikolic !!! Marlos launched from outside the area and cleared the Basel goalkeeper to one hand.
We are already entering the final stretch of the first period. It has been a long time since Basel have been able to put the Ukrainian rear in trouble and that is because Shakhtar continues to have fully controlled the game.
Nikolic was delayed in going out on an aerial ball and caused Taras Stepanenko to come very close to hitting a header on goal.
Luis Castro's team is now showing great superiority on the pitch at the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen and the path to the semi-finals in this edition of the Europa League is increasingly clear.
Nikolic stop !!! He took a ball from Junior Moraes who was back on the path of goal.
We previously provided data on Marlos Romero's assists in the Europa League, more than any other Shakhtar Donetsk player in this competition, and in this second goal the assist also bears his signature.
Fabian Frei has been cautioned and records the first yellow card of the contest.
Basel was trying, but the Ukrainian miners are showing enormous effectiveness in front of goal and that is decisive in this type of one-game knockout.
Shakhtar Donetsk put the ground in the middle of the scoreboard and achieved their second goal of the night after Taison culminated a great team play in which Alan Patrick managed to mislead the Swiss defense by letting the ball pass. The ball bounced slightly off Frei's leg, preventing Nikolic from doing anything to stop that shot.
GOOOOL OF SHAKHTAR !!! GOOOOL OF TAISON !!!
Assists Marlos Romero Bonfim
Another now from Junior Moraes !!! Constant danger that of the player of Brazilian origin every time he touches the ball in the rival area. His pitch was now slightly off track.
The Swiss team keeps trying. Those of Marcel Koller seem to be recovering little by little from the initial blow from Shakhtar.
Providencial Mykola Matvyenko at the time of interposing and clearing to corner a dangerous launch in the interior of Stocker's area !!!
Basel was having a hard time reaching the rival area, but Pululu's chance was very dangerous and the Donetsk players got scared.
Pululu has had it !!! Sensational individual play by the Basel player. He left two rivals, went into the area and protected the ball by showing off his physical strength before ending up shooting too cross.
Very high the direct free kick taken by Alan Patrick. The leather did not take the necessary thread and ended up marching over the crossbar of Djordje Nikolic's goal.
Be careful now because Luis Castro's team has a dangerous option in a foul from the edge of the area. Patrick prepares for the hit.
The Ukrainian team now manages possession of the ball. The goal scored by Junior Moraes as soon as the game started seems to have endowed him with a lot of poise and confidence.
FACT. From the 2009-10 season until now, no Shakhtar Donetsk player has provided more assists in the Europa League than Marlos Romero (9).
Those of Luis Castro hit first and it seems that they have done the most difficult. Now all the pressure is on a Basel that is already advancing its lines seeking to balance the balance as soon as possible.
The Donetsk miners are ahead at the first change and at the exit of a corner. The Brazilian player went ahead of his marker and placed the ball in the bottom of the nets.
JUNIOR MORAES GOOOOL !!! GOOOOL OF SHAKHTAR !!!
Assists Marlos Romero Bonfim
First approximation of the Ukrainians !!! Dodo went into the right wing and managed to force the first corner kick of the contest.
START THE PARTY !!! Shakhtar Donetsk and Basel are looking for a place in the semi-finals of the Europa League.
FACT. Shakhtar Donetsk and Basel have met three times before in European competitions. The Ukrainian team is undefeated (2V 1E) and the most recent meeting resulted in a 5-0 victory for them in the 2008-09 Champions League group stage.
Remember that this match is played behind closed doors at the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen and that the team that qualifies already knows its rival in the semi-finals of the tournament. It will be Inter Milan after the Italian team beat Bayer Leverkusen yesterday.
BASEL XI: Nikolic, Widmer, Alderete, van der Werff, Petretta, Taulant Xhaka, Campo, Frei, Stocker, Arthur Cabral and Pululu.
SHAKHTAR XI: Pyatov, Dodô, Kryvtsov, Bondar, Matviyenko, Stepanenko, Marcos Antônio, Marlos, Alan Patrick, Taison and Júnior Moraes.
We already have the starting lineups presented by both teams. Let's go with it !!!
For their part, Basel could reach their first semi-finals in the Europa League since the 2012-13 campaign. The last time they reached the quarterfinals was in 2013-14, being eliminated by Valencia.
This is Shakhtar's second appearance in the quarterfinals of a European competition. On the previous occasion, in 2015-16, they passed this round to end up losing to Sevilla in the semi-finals of the Europa League.
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