Shakhtar Achieves Important Away Victory Over Veres in Rivne
In the key match of the third round of the Ukrainian Premier League held on Sunday, August 17, in Rivne, the teams Veres and Shakhtar Donetsk faced off.
The game took place at the Avangard Stadium and concluded with a confident 2-0 win for the visitors.
Despite Veres’ efforts to resist and break through the defending line of the opponents, they found it difficult to create threatening moments near the goal.
The match remained goalless until late in the first half, when Shakhtar opened the scoring from a corner kick.
Conoplya headed the ball into the net, giving his team the lead.
In the second half, Vinicius Tobias scored an excellent long-range shot from the right flank, sealing the match with a final score of 2-0.
With this victory, Shakhtar gained three valuable points and now has seven points after three games, while Veres remains without any points.
Veres’ players Gonicarenco and Boyko received yellow cards for fouls.
The lineup of Veres included Kozukhara, Smiian, Vovchenko, Zypot, Goncharenko, Stamulys, Boyko (Kucherov, 72), Kharatin (Hodia, 85), Klyots (Kutsia, 46), Volli (Sten, 46), Ndukve (Sharay, 72).
Shakhtar’s squad featured Risnyk, Pedro Henrique (Azarov, 90+2), Matvienko, Bondar, Conoplya (Vinicius, 60), Ocheretko, Nevertone, Sudaikov, Bondarenko (Marlo Gomez, 90+2), Alison (Kaua Elias, 34), Pedrinho (Ferreira, 90+2).