Shakhtar thrashed Desna before visiting Madrid

Shakhtar Donetsk beat Desna (4-1) in their Ukrainian League match before visiting the Santiago Bernabéu stadium on Wednesday to face Real Madrid in the Champions League.

Roberto De Zerbi’s team, which remains second in the domestic competition three points behind Dinamo Kiev, who beat Mariopul (2-3), did not face a rival who has accumulated five games without winning and is on the equator. of the classification.

Shakhtar took the lead in the 9th minute with a goal from Israel’s Manor Solomon after a pass from Brazil’s Dodo.

Desna drew level in the 23rd minute through Denys Bezborodko, but four later De Zerbi’s side normalized the situation and regained the initiative with a goal from Georgiy Sudakov on a pass from Maycon.

Shakhtar sentenced the match at game time, with two goals in two minutes. In 62, Tete, in the center of Dodo, made the third and then Fernando took advantage of a ball served by Georgiy Sudakov to sentence the win.

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