Finally, football returned to the fields of Ukraine. The first event in the new year in the framework of the UPL was the confrontation between Shakhtar and Chernomorets in Kharkov. In addition to players who could not participate due to disqualification, we note the lack of start in the Dodo, who received more practice at the training camp than Bogdan Butko. The hosts from the first minutes took possession of the territorial advantage and tried to crack the enemy's redoubts.

After several not the most dangerous moments, the account was still opened. Ferreira got unstuck from Ishchenko and hit the corner of the goal after Marlos's pass from the corner. Miner continued to own the gaming initiative and was looking for an opportunity to increase the advantage. At the 37th minute, Marlos caught up with the error of the opponent and elegantly tossed Novak. The Odessians, it seems, did not even intend to go on the attack, but miss them yet - Marlos did not notice two opponents, hung in the penalty area, and Ferreira designed a double.

At the break, the teams left with the full advantage of Shakhtar, but the second half, the "sailors" began a little more active, but it was only a short-time phenomenon. Marlos quickly calmed the fervor of the enemy, sending the ball to the far upper corner of the penalty - Novak had no chance to save the team. After that, the Donetsk citizens loosened their grip a bit, so at times the guests held at least some counter-attacks. Pyatov even entered the game after hitting Bobko with a free kick under the crossbar.

Note that twenty minutes before the end of the meeting, the injury was Bernard. The Brazilian clasped his hand after contacting Guti. Continues to harass Bernard's shoulder. Let's hope that the midfielder will recover to the match with Roma. He was replaced by Kovalenko, who put the "point" in this confrontation. Victor set his foot on the far post after the excellent lumbago of Marlos. "Miners" easily scored three points, but do not hang in the clouds before the match with Roma.

Shakhtar - Chernomorets 5: 0 Goals: Ferreira, 20, 41, Marlos, 37, 52, Kovalenko, 90.

Shakhtar: Pyatov - Butko, Krivtsov, Khocholava, Ismaili - Stepanenko, Alan Patrick - Bernard (Kovalenko, 71), Tyson (Blanco-Leshchuk, 81), Marlos Ferreira (Dentinho, 74).

Chernomorets: Novak - Ishchenko, Martynenko, Mamadu - Zubeiko, Bobko, Smirnov, Tatarkov - Chorniy (Musolitin, 88), Tretyakov (Guti, 65) - Silvio, (Semeniv, 79).

Yellow cards: Hocholava - Tatarkov.