"Shakhtar" devastatingly lost "Napoli", but kept the chances of reaching the playoffs of the Champions League

22 November 2017, 01:26 | Sports 
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Donetsk "Shakhtar" in the 5 th round of the group stage of the Champions League lost to the Italian "Napoli" with a score of 0: 3.

The first time was pretty equal - both teams had enough for the goals, but to score in the first 45 minutes of confrontation they were not fated. The second half became a nightmare for the wards of Paulo Fonseca - "miners" thrice took the ball from the net of their own goal.

"Parthenopians" opened the scoring at the 56th minute, when a magnificent strike in the performance of Loresno Insigne hit exactly in the upper corner of the gate of Andrew Pyatov. Doubled their advantage the hosts in the 81st minute - Peter Zielinski successfully closed the pass from the left edge of Dries Mertens.

No sooner had the players of Shakhtar come to their senses, as "Napoli" brought the case to the finish - all the same Mertens on the 83rd minute finished off the ball head in an empty net Donetsk after a classy save of Pyatov.

Nevertheless, after losing to Napoli, the team of Paulo Fonseca kept the chances of continuing the fight in the most prestigious club tournament in Europe. In the parallel meeting of this quartet, the English "Manchester City" defeated the Netherlands "Feyenoord" with a score of 1: 0. The only goal in the match was held in the 88th minute - his author was Rahim Sterling. After 5 rounds, Shakhtar have 9 points left. In order to pass in the 1/8 finals, the "miners" in the last match need to select points from the "townspeople", or to hope that "Napoli" will not be able to overcome "Feyenoord".

Источник: ТСН.ua