Shakhtar Donetsk soaked up pressure from Braga and then scored in either half to take a 2-1 away win in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final. Braga had the best of the first period, but Shakhtar went ahead against the run of play just before half-time through Yaroslav Rakitskiy, who was an injury doubt before the match. The second period at the Estadio Municipal de Braga proved m...Full Story »

Eduardo's stoppage-time goal earned Shakhtar Donetsk a 1-0 second-leg win to round off a comfortable progression past Anderlecht to the Europa League quarter-finals. The away side won 4-1 on aggregate following first-leg goals from Taison, Olexandr Kucher and Eduardo and the former Croatia international's late strike in Belgium. Both sides finished with 10 men as Kucher for Shakhtar and Kara ...Full Story »

Shakhtar Donetsk kept their faint hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages alive after securing their first Champions League victory of the season in style with a 4-0 win at the Donbass Arena against Group A rivals Malmo. Ukrainian side Shakhtar had lost all three of their previous group games without scoring heading into this encounter, including a 1-0 defeat in Malmo two weeks ago, but a f...Full Story »

The Germany international accepted Bayern's tie with Shakhtar turned on an early sending-off while Arjen Robben allayed fears over his injury Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger admitted the early sending-off of Shakhtar Donetsk defender Olexandr Kucher changed the complexion of their Champions League last-16 tie. The second leg was evenly poised after a goalless draw in Lviv thr...Full Story »

An own goal saw Juventus go through to the knockout stages of the Champions League as Group E winners as they edged out Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 in Ukraine. Olexander Kucher inadvertently turned Stephan Lichtsteiner's cross into his own net in the 56th minute, seeing Juve leapfrog Shakhtar at the top and rendering Chelsea's 6-1 thrashing of FC Nordsjaelland meaningless. Both teams struck the post ...Full Story »