The White-Blues have really tight schedule these days. On Friday morning the team returned from Copenhagen and the following day left for Kharkiv. Still there was no significant rotation in the starting lineup. Only Shaparenko and Rodrigues replaced Sydorchuk and Besedin.
Sydorchuk, Boiko and Andriyevskyi watched the first half together with Dynamo ultras.
Rodrigues had a great chance to open the score after pass from Shaparenko, but missed the target. In the following attack home side responded with goal. Kryvtsov headed the ball in after cross from the corner flag.
This goal didn’t make Dynamo attack more actively. Still they could equalize before the break. Rodrigues had another good chance, but missed again.
In the second half there was less football than bookings. 74 minutes into the game Taison fouled against Shabanov in front of Dynamo supporters’ sector and heard something “nice” from them. His reaction was to show fans his middle finger and to kick the ball towards them. Referee took both teams from the field for a while and when they returned he sent Taison off.
Unfortunately Dynamo didn’t manage to use numerical advantage. So, Shakhtar win 1:0 and Dynamo are already lacking 13 points behind them.
UPL. Matchday 14
FC Shakhtar Donetsk – FC Dynamo Kyiv – 1:0
10.11.2019. Kharkiv, Metalist Stadium, 21 907 spectators
Shakhtar: Piatov, Ktyvtsov, Stepanenko, Taison, Marcos Antonio (Maycon, 90+6), Moraes (Dentinho, 31), Tete (Bolbat, 88), Kovalenko, Matviyenko, Ismaily, Dodo.
Dynamo: Bushchan, Kedziora, Popov, Shabanov, Mykolenko (Buialskyi, 59), Shepelev (Harmash, 68), Karavayev, Shaparenko, Tsyhankov, Verbic, Rodrigues (Besedin, 62).
Goal: Kryvtsov (18).
Booked: Kovalenko (60), Dentinho (64), Dodo (65) – Popov (8), Shabanov (16), Rodrigues (49), Mykolenko (55).
Sent off: Taison (82).
