The coach of the “miners” Marino Pushych made 3 personnel changes compared to the previous match: Irakli Azarov came on the left flank of the defense, and Dmytro Kryskiv and Marlon Gomez played in the center of the field.
The first symbolic hit on the ball was performed by the defender of Ukraine Artem Lavreniuk, who has been protecting the borders of our country since 2012 in the ranks of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. From the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Artem participated in the defense of Mariupol and Azovstal, where he was wounded during a combat mission, after which he was in Russian captivity for 9 months. He is currently serving in the units of the State Border Guard Service in the Kyiv region and continues to defend Ukraine.
Marlon Gomez lit up with three goals in the half
The Brazilian celebrated his first appearance in the starting line-up with a bright performance. Already on the 3rd minute Marlon Gomez headed Sudakov’s pass from the left wing, scoring his debut goal for Shakhtar – 0:1. However, Odessa didn’t take too long to respond – in the 12th minute, Badibanga equalized the score. But the rookie of the “orange-black” could not be stopped, and in 4 minutes he brought his team ahead again: the goalkeeper parried Sudakov’s long-range shot, and Marlon Gomez from the rebound he aimed at the right nine – 1:2. The Donetsk team continued to attack, and Sikan (his shot into the near corner was parried by Varakuta) and Kryskiv (a shot from outside the penalty area – also into the goalkeeper’s hands) had good opportunities to increase the advantage. But before the break, only one of the “miners” was destined to score, so he did it again in the 41st minute. Sudakov hit the post from a free kick, the ball bounced into the semi-circle of the penalty area, and Marlon Gomez once again hit the top corner of the goal with an incredible shot from the air. 1:3 – a hat-trick by the 20-year-old Brazilian!
Pushych’s replacements played again – the Swede completed the rout
The start of the second half seemed calmer and was remembered only by Matvienko’s dangerous long shot past the post. In the middle of the half, the Donetsk coaching staff made a series of substitutions: instead of the hero of the game Marlon Gomez, Stepanenko came out, Eginaldu, Shved and Traore also appeared on the field. Fresh players already in the first attack organized the fourth goal: Mar’yan Shved took the ball from Salyuk on the right wing, played with Traore and beat the goalkeeper from close range – 1:4. Lassina also had great moments: first, he blocked Sudakov’s cross at close range and hit the goalkeeper, in another episode the defenders blocked the Burkinabe’s shot, and Kryskiv sent the ball over the goal from the finish. The Swede could have scored a double, but he also curled over the crossbar, and after that Sudakov’s shot with his foot was deflected by Varakut. At the end of the game, Yehor Nazaryn, who also came on as a substitute, created another good opportunity for his partner, but Traore hit the bar with his cross.
4:1 – Shakhtar wins a convincing victory over Chornomorets.
this sunday May 5, the teams will meet again. In the 27th round of the UPL, the wards of Marino Pushych will host “Chornomorets” at 18:00 in the same stadium “Left Bank”.
“Chernomorets” (Odesa) – “Shakhtar” (Donetsk) – 1:4 (1:3)
Kyiv region, “Left Bank”, 500 spectators
Naked: 0:1 Marlon Gomez (3), 1:1 Badibanga (12), 1:2 Marlon Gomez (16), 1:3 Marlon Gomez (41), 1:4 Swede (65)
“Miner”: Riznyk, Konoplia, Bondar, Matvienko (k), Azarov, Kryskiv (Nazarina, 81), Marlon Gomez (Stepanenko, 64), Sudakov, Zubkov (Swed, 64), Kevin (Eginaldu, 64), Sikan (Traore, 64)
