On Saturday, July 8, Ukrainian champion Shakhtar Donetsk played the first test match in preparation for the start of the new season.
The Pitmen’s opponent, who held the first match under the leadership of the Dutchman Patrick van Leeuwen, was the two-time champion of the Netherlands - AZ from Alkmaar. The teams only once crossed paths in European competitions, and then Alkmaarers knocked out the Donetsk team from the 1/8 finals of the Europa League-2004/2005.
This time, AZ players took the lead three times during the match, but each time the Pitmen, who played in the experimental line-up, found the strength to recoup — Oleksandr Zubkov, Valeriy Bondar and Kevin Kelsey scored. As a result, the resultant draw is 3:3.
AZ (Alkmaar, Netherlands) - Shakhtar (Donetsk, Ukraine) - 3:3
“Miner”: Tvardovsky (Puzankov, 46), Bondar, Rakitsky, Hemp (Kozik, 41), Kornienko (Farina, 46), Glushchenko, Castillo, Nazarina, Topalov, Zubkov (Pushkarev, 69), Kelsey.
Goals: de Wit (9), Barasi (48), van Bommel (65) - Zubkov (17), Bondar (50), Kelsey (76).
Let us add that Shakhtar is scheduled to hold four more test matches in the Netherlands: on July 13 against the Greek AEK, on the 16th - with the Dutch Dordrecht, on July 18 - with the legendary Ajax Amsterdam and, finally, on the 22nd - with the Belgian Ghent. The Pitmen will play their first official match on July 29 (base date), when they will play Metalist 1925 Kharkiv away in the first round of the Ukrainian Championship.
Earlier reported that “Dynamo” defeated the former team of Mircea Lucescu in Austria.
Photo by FC Shakhtar
Source: Fakty
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