Football. Ua represents Shakhtar's rival in the group stage of the Champions League English Manchester City.
From the second basket, the lot was determined by Shakhtar in Group F to one of the strongest teams of the English Premier League and the fifth most rich club on the planet - Manchester City.
The team from Manchester, which very soon will lead the fight with the Miner in the group round of the Champions League, was founded in 1880 under the name of St. Marks, and received its present name in 1894.
The traditional home colors of Manchester City are sky blue and white, which should become an additional irritant for the Miner. At the exit "townspeople" use, periodically changing in different years, burgundy or red-black. It is interesting that the latter appeared in the 60s of the last century, as the coaching staff decided that the colors of the great Milan could help the British team also gain European fame.
Home matches Manchester City holds at the Manchester City Stadium, which with the purchase of the club by owners from the UAE, bears the name Etihad. Holds arena of "townspeople" 55,097 spectators.
Manchester City 4 times became the champion of England (1937, 1968, 2012, 2014), 5 times won the national Cup (1904, 1934, 1956, 1969, 2011), 4 League Cups (1970, 1976, 2014, 2016) and 4 English Super Cup (1937, 1968, 1972, 2012). Also on the account of "townspeople" the victory in the Cup of the winners of the cups (1970).
Manchester City for the 17th time will participate in European club tournaments. The debut in the European Champions Cup took place in the season-1968/1969: in the first round, the "townspeople" lost to Fenerbahce (0: 0 and 1: 2). In the Champions League, ManCiti performed six times. Most successfully - in the season-2015/2016, when the City lost in the semi-final to Real (0: 0 and 0: 1).
Twice in the European Cups crossed paths Manchester City and representatives of Ukraine. In the 1/8 finals of the 2010/2010 league, the "townspeople" lost to Dynamo (1: 0 and 0: 2), and in the 1/8 finals of the Champions League-2015/2016 they took a revenge from Kiev (0: 0 and 3: 1).
Shakhtar did not meet with Manchester City in official tournaments, but with the current coach of "citizens" Josep Guardiola had to cross. In season-2008/2009 in the group stage of the Champions League, the miners exchanged victories with Barcelona Guardiola, and in the 1/8 finals of the Champions League 2014/2015 Pep with Bayern Munich played a draw in Lviv - 0-0, and defeated Shakhtar in Munich - 7 : 0.
Another old friend of Donetsk is Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho, who once played for Shakhtar, and now is one of the leaders of Manchester City.
Composition Goalkeepers: Claudio Bravo (Chile), Ederson (Brazil).
Defenders:
Kyle Walker, Danilo (Brazil), Vincent Company (Belgium), John Stones, Elyakim Mangal (France), Benjamin Mendy (France), Toshin Adarabiojo, Jason Denier (Belgium), Nicholas Otamendi (Argentina).
Midfielders: Rahim Sterling, Elkay Gundogan, Kevin De Bryune (Belgium), Fabian Delph, Leroy Sane (Germany), Bernard Silva (Portugal), David Silva (Spain), Fernandinho (Brazil), Alexander Zinchenko (Ukraine), Yaya Toure Cote d'Ivoire), Phil Foden, Braim Diaz (Spain).
Forwards: Sergio Aguero (Argentina), Wilfrid Boni (Cote d'Ivoire), Patrick Roberts, Gabriel Jesus (Brazil).
Coach: Josep Guardiola (Spain).