Ukrainian midfielder Taras Stepanenko, who left Donetsk Shakhtar at the end of January and signed a contract with the Turkish Euppor, debuted for his new club. This happened in the match of the second round of the Turkish Cup against " The 35-year-old Ukrainian entered the field in the starting lineup and played 74 minutes, not distinguished by effective actions. In the presence of Stepanenko on the field, the hosts scored twice. After Taras was replaced, his team played one ball, but could not avoid defeat, missing the third goal in the last seconds - 3: 1.

After this fight, " Of the six clubs, two best teams will reach the next round. Recall that Stepanenko left Shakhtar after the fight of the last round of the main stage of the Champions Champions League-2024/25 with the Dortmund Borussia, when the last time he went on the field in the T-shirt " Taras played for the " He spent 15 years old in the Donetsk club, played 439 matches, scored 30 goals and won 25 trophies. Stepanenko’s contract with Euppor is designed for 1.5 years. The financial details of the transaction are not disclosed.