Champions League: Braga vs Shakhtar Donetsk 0 – 3; Full time Report (Part 2)
The substitution list for Braga included 45 Miguel Hugo Viana, 23 Andres David Madrid, 20 Uwa Echiéjilé, 1 Artur, 3 Paulão, 8 Mossoró and 18 Lima.
The starting lineup of Shakhtar Donetsk was 30 Andriy Pyatov goal keeper, 44 Yaroslav Rakitskiy centre left defender, 5 Olexandr Kucher centre right defender, 26 Razvan Dinca Rat left back, 33 Darijo Srna right back, 3 Tomás
Hubschman left midfielder, 19 Olexiy g*y right midfielder, 9 Luiz Adriano forward, 22 Henrik Mkhitaryan right centre forward, 10 Willian left attacking midfielder and 20 Douglas Costa right attacking midfielder.
The substitution list for Shakhtar Donetsk included 11 Eduardo, 8 Jadson, 29 Alex Teixeira, 36 Oleksandr Chyzhov, 14 Vasili Kobin, 90 Vitaliy Vitsenets and 60 Artem Tetenko.
The kick off immediately gave the picture that this was going to be a very boring match. With that the match’s first half hearted attempt to score came in the 3rd minute when Braga’s centre right defender
Moisés’ attempted to score but was stopped in his path. It was Luis Aguiar who assisted him with a cross and it seemed that more will be expected from him in the match.
This first early attempt was then followed by fouls and lazy play by both teams. Eventually the opportunity to score came in the 12th
minute but Olexiy g*y miscued his chance to score and draw first blood.
5 minutes more and it was Braga who missed their chance to score as Matheus assisted Alan in taking a left footed shot to the right of the goal but he completely missed it.
In the 19th minute of the game Luiz Adriano and Olexiy g*y were making combinations again as they attempted to give Shakhtar their opener of the game, however they failed again.
The next piece of action came in the 29th minute as Alan assisted for Braga. Leandro Salino was the person who got the ball this time and he took a right footed shot from right of the box into the
far bottom left corner but in the end it was saved.
Players from both sides were finally getting bored of the monotonous plays and in the 32nd minute Vandinho took a 35 yard shot that was launched into the air far past the goal frame and even far from
the shot stopper.
In the 36th minute there was a substitution made by Braga. It was Paulão who was replaced by Alberto Rodríguez. That was followed by a distracting play in which Braga’s left back Silvio was the person
who took another 35 yards shot and this time the ball went just past the right side of the goal posts.
Near to the end of the half, that is in the 42nd minute Alan assisted Silvio in a right footed shot that was angled to the right side but the ball rose high above the net.
In retaliation Shakhtar organized a counter attack in which Olexiy g*y helped Douglas Costa’s take a right footed shot that went too high and too wide.
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