On Tuesday, August 23, in Kyiv, at the NSC Olimpiyskiy stadium, the opening match of the 1st round of the Ukrainian Premier League between Shakhtar Donetsk and Metalist 1925 Kharkiv took place.

The meeting ended without goals, and the updated Shakhtar failed to cope with the Kharkiv club.

Shakhtar 0-0 Metalist 1925.

Shakhtar: Trubin, Mikhailichenko, Krivtsov, Matvienko, Taylor, Petryak (Ocheretko, 76), Stepanenko, Sudakov (Bondarenko, 61), Mudryk, Djurasek, Sikan (Totovitsky, 61).

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Recall that the last season of the Ukrainian Football Championship was completed ahead of schedule due to a full-scale military invasion of Russia.. The first place remained with Shakhtar, which, following the results of 18 rounds, was ahead of Dynamo by two points..

This fight was the first official match of the Ukrainian championship after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Thus, the UPL match took place for the first time in 254 days..

Almost all star legionnaires left Shakhtar because of the war. Striker Lassina Traore, midfielder Neven Jurasek and Brazilian defender Lucas Taylor remained in the team of foreigners..

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Earlier it was reported that the ball was presented for the new season of the UPL.