In the Slovak Presov, the rival of the Zhytomyr club was the Italian Fiorentina, which reached the finals of the conferences league in 2024, and in 2023 (though she did not win the title).
Already in the 8th minute, the goalkeeper of Polesie Oleg Kudrik became the author of the Motorgol-the ball hit him and flew into the gate.
In the 32nd minute, the Italians with the efforts of the German legionnaire Robin Gosens doubled the score.
And in the 44th minute, the player of Fiorentina Moze Ken was removed from the field, and Polesie had an unexpectedly numerical advantage. However, it did not prevent the Italian club from bringing the matter to victory.
Moreover, in the 69th minute, Fiorentina scored for the third time, a goal on the account of the Icelandic legionnaire Albert Gwyudmundsson.
The result is 0: 3. This result leaves a “Polesie” a little chance of a general victory.
The rival of Shakhtar at the stadium in Polish Krakow was a less titled club-Servvett from Switzerland-however, the Ukrainian team in the 8th minute was in the role of catching up: the French legionnaire Swiss Fomba scored the ball.
Ukrainian Valery Bondar scored in the 72nd minute, equalizing the score.
In the 77th minute, the newcomer of Shakhtar debuted-19-year-old Brazilian Lucas Ferreira, a contract with which the club signed only on August 16. He had a chance to excel, but he did not use them.
According to the statistics of the game, the Ukrainian club inflicted 13 times more blows on the goal of the opponent – 26 against two, but the account on the scoreboard remained equal.
The result is 1: 1. In the second match, Shakhtar will definitely be easier than Polesie.
The reciprocal matches of the qualification playoffs of the Round of the League of the Shakhtar and Polesie conferences will be held on August 28.
Context
Shakhtar began the season of performances in Europe in the Europa League, but in the third qualification round of this tournament he lost on a penalty to the Greek Panatinaikos (the matches ended 0: 0 and 0: 0).
“Polesie” from the very beginning performs in the League of conferences and two rivals have already passed-“Santa Kolom” from Andorra and “Paksh” from Hungary.
