After a difficult victory over Zarei in the 21st round of the Ukrainian Premier League, Shakhtar had yet another test by a team of the top six - Olimpic. Recall that it was Roman Sanzhar's wards in the first round who selected the points from the miners, so in the return match, the "orange-black" certainly wanted to win.
From the first minutes of the match in Kharkov, Shakhtar expected to seize the initiative and immediately began to search for gaps in the defensive rivals of the rival. However, it is necessary to pay tribute to the defensive actions of Roman Sanzhar's team - all players of Olympique moved well across the field and did not give the opponent much time for decision-making. Due to these actions, moments at the gate of Makharadze did not arise so often.
The miner pressured, but in the middle of the first half. Missed. Pyatov unsuccessfully knocked the ball to Stepanenko, Tsymbalyuk intercepted and gave to Matyazha, who in turn extended further to Postrelenko. Anton did not interfere with the penetration precisely, which he did. 1: 0.
The missed goal shook the miners, and they began to play much faster. And now the already vaunted defense of Olympique was failing. Moments arose over and over again, but Shakhtar's attacking players somehow managed to miss, even in 100% situations. Most of all, the forward of the "orange-black" Gustavo Blanco-Leshchuk. However, it was the Argentinian who equalized the score just before the whistle for the break, sending the ball into the net.
The second half of the match was at a slower pace. Olympique remembered how he knows how to defend himself, and up to the end of the fight he acted confidently in this component. Well, Shakhtar, as befits a leader, attacked. As always active was the trio of attacking havas miners Bernard-Tyson-Marlos. But neither the replacement of Fonseca, nor the siege of Makharadze's gate in the end of the meeting helped the leader of the championship win.
Thus, for the second time in the season, Olympic will take points from Shakhtar in the Premier League and finish the first part of the championship in a good mood.
Shakhtar - Olimpic 1: 1.
Goals:
Blanco-Leshchuk, 45 + 2 - Posturalenko, 24.
Shakhtar: Pyatov - Srna, Krivtsov, Ordets, Ismaili - Stepanenko, Malyshev (Kovalenko, 71) - Marlos, Tyson, Bernard (Patrick, 83) - Blanco Leschuk (Ferreira, 66).
Olympic: Makharadze - Oleynik, Grishko, Illyo-Ayet, Nemchaninov - Tsymbalyuk, Goschokerya - Gemega (Fedoriv, ??46), Podrestenko (Brikner, 34), Shestakov - Matyazh (Khomutov, 88).
Warnings: Bernard, Marlos - Posturalenko, Matyazh, Fedoriv.