In the eighth round of the Champions League, Shakhtar and the Dortmund Borussia will play among themselves.

BorussieI D – Shakhtar

Wednesday, 29 sich, 22:00stadium Swing-ryon-park, Dortmund. Meeting Referee – Glenn Nuberg (RomanianIya)

Light broadcast on Media Wervis Megogo

The situation in the Shakhtar group resembles the state of affairs in Ukrainian politics: the longer you study, the worse everything looks. Three points of lag from the passage of the 24th line are half-bid. The real one is that two teams of those who have 10 points play each other – and they know perfectly well that a draw guarantees them a lack. Considering that in the match of Stuttgart and PSG draws, in principle, the most likely variant looks, it seems that the match can not be played – it is so obvious.

Further. Honey, also with 10 points, plays at home with a Bologna, which has already lost any chances on the playoffs. Accordingly, he is also suited to draw. Benfica also plays a “ten -eyed” benff with Juventus – and she, of course, gave it to Barcelona in the previous round, but Juve loves to ride a draw …

Okay, suppose benffs loses Juventus. Shakhtar is enough to win? No. The difference between the mines killed and missed by the Pitmen is much worse than any of his rivals. For example, if Benfica loses Juventus 0: 1 and other matches end up, then the miner needs to win Borussia … 8: 0. Because the “eagle” difference in this case will be 14:13, and the Pitmen now equals 7:13. Okay, 8: 1 too.

If 0: 1 loses Stuttgart, then the miner needs to win six goals. But in reality, even this is likely not enough. After all, the Miners have 7 points, and in the City 8 – and in the last round they accept Bruges at home. Simple victory-and they jump from the 25th place to the playoff zone, guaranteed bypassing at least Bruges (the Belgians have 11 points and the ball difference is even worse now). Thus, the “passage score” may be 11, and then the result of the miner will not matter at all.

I am writing all this with a full understanding that a week ago, Shakhtar had a wonderful match, won the most confident victory for this season of the Champions League – and deserved at least praise. Everything looks like that, as is often the case with ours (the same Shakhtar won Apoel when he became the last) that the team played too late.

In the rear of the enemy

In Borussia, everything is so fun that it is a pity that this club does not shoot the series in modern fashion. In one January, it is necessary to lose Bayer, Golstein Kel, Eintracht and Bologna – it is necessary to be able to manage. For such the beginning of the year, Nuri Shahin paid his place.

Of course, Mike Tulberg may become a great coach later, but it looks like it will look like a last match at the head of a professional team in the near future today. Borussia expelled Shahina, not even having contenders for replacement – and now he feverishly turns over the options. Rank, TEN GAG, KVACA, Schmidt – different options float in the press. Simply, to put it mildly, not everyone wants to go into such a problematic team.

Meanwhile, Borussia lost her glasses with Weard. The removal of the vestibule in the middle of the first half did not prevent the game in the course of the game 2: 0 – but, of course, prevented the advantage. On the other hand, it is the first stroke in 2025-maybe it is time to be regarded as a positive.

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Words, words, words

Marino Pushich, Shakhtar head coach:

It is always interesting to deal with a situation where the coach changes a week before the game. They spent one match with Werder (Bremen), so we could see it. I do not think there will be a very big difference, because the team is a team that has already played with a certain structure, a certain system. Details may differ but I don’t think they will suddenly play with five or six defenders tomorrow.

In any case, it doesn’t matter if you talk honestly. As I said, it depends on how quickly we can recognize the opponent’s actions and how quickly we will act, work at the maximum of our opportunities to compete with a very good opponent.

PedreenandOh, Shakhtar football player:

I am sure that in the previous game against Brest, you could see the wonderful international interaction of representatives of different nations. Including Ukrainians. Many of our partners with Ukrainian citizenship created great opportunities for us, helped the Brazilians to excel, the Brazilians helped to excel to Ukrainians.

Mike Tulberg, Acting Head Coach of Dortmund Borussia:

Shakhtar is very strong in the ball. They have many players who play perfectly in situations 1 to 1. But much more important is how we realize our strengths on the field.

Gregor Kobel, The football player of Dortmund Borussia:

We need to focus on ourselves, on our game, to play well with the miner, to win, and everything else will come.

The situation is not easy – we have not yet won this year. Each club has difficult stages. A good team is what makes it possible to get out of a difficult situation. First of all, we need to feel the taste of victory. We need to win matches.

Estimated warehouses

BorussieI: Kobel-Rierson, Jan, Slotterbek, Bensaebain-Gross, Zabitzer-Brandt-Aidehep, Hirsha, Baj-Gitten

Miner: Shakhtar: Raznik – Vinisius, Bondar, Matvienko, Azarov – Marlon Gomez, Kryskiv, Sudakov – Pedrenio da Silva, Eginaldo, Kevin

The forecast is 2: 2