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Metalist Kharkiv triumphs in stunning fashion
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It will be remembered as one of Metalist Kharkiv’s greatest victories as they defeated legendary Turkish club Galatasaray 1-0 in Ali Sami Yen Stadium. Veteran goalkeeper Oleksandr Goryainov was remarkable as he shut down an endless attacks including numerous effort by Turkish international star Arda Turan and Milan Baroš. In a stunning turn of events [...]
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Shakhtar Donetsk advances to UEFA Cup!
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Shakhtar Donetsk won a place in the UEFA Cup with a stunning 5-0 triumph over Swiss squad FC Basel. Jádson gave Hirnyky the lead just past the half-hour mark as drove in a Ukraine national’s Oleksiy Hai pass. Following the break Willian doubled the margin with Jádson scoring twice more and Evhen Seleznyov adding the [...]
Category: UPL NewsMetalist Kharkiv with tough test against Galatasaray
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Metalist Kharkiv face legendary Turkish side Galatasaray in the UEFA Cup today. Galatasaray have dominated Group B and possess six points after two matches. A victory today in-front of their home supporters at Ali Sami Yen Stadium will guarantee their advancement as possibly an advantageous position in the draw where they wouldn’t face a [...]
Category: UPL NewsShakhtar Donetsk – Basel Champions League
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The race is on for the UEFA Cup spot with Shakhtar Donetsk holding a two point advantage over FC Basel and thus a victory over their Swiss opposition would guarantee a spot. Hirnyky is on a run of three healthy victories domestically including this weekends 2-0 defeat of Lviv and the prior match week 1-0 [...]
Category: UPL NewsUkrainian Premier League week 16
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Weekend sixteen of the Ukrainian Premier League concluded with Metalurh Donetsk dropping important points in the race while Shakhtar continued its climb up the table.
Shakhtar Donetsk defeated Lviv with Ukraine international Olexiy Hai scoring nine minutes after the re-start
and Luiz Adriano doubling the margin at the hour mark.
Metalist Kharkiv held on to defeat Zorya [...]
Category: UPL NewsUkrainian Premier League week 15 summary
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Week 15 of the Ukrainian Premier League concluded with a stunning 1-0 upset of Dynamo Kyiv by Shakhtar Donetsk with Willian’s goal eleven minutes before the break. Dynamo was troubled with extensive injury problems that left them without Taras Mykhalyk, Miloš Ninković and Andriy Nesmachnyy
Shakhtar Donetsk
30.Pyatov, 33.Srna – cap, 27.Chygrynskyy, 5.Kucher, 26.Rat, 3.Hübschman, 19.Gai, 22.Willian [...]
Category: UPL NewsUPL week 14 summary
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Week fourteen of the Ukrainian Premier League ended with virtually no-changes in the table.
In a surprisingly close match Dynamo Kyiv narrowly defeated Lviv 1-0 as Badr El Kaddouri scored with fifteen minutes remaining as a rebound from a free-kick came to him just outside the box, to which he struck into the goal. This was [...]
Category: UPL NewsJaroslav Drobný steals the show
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The story to be told of the Hertha Berlin – Metalist Khariv match is best said as the German clubs goalkeeper Jaroslav Drobný stealing the show and leading his club to a nil draw. For much of the match, he must have felt like it was a practice ground session as he was pelted with [...]
Category: UPL NewsZhovto-Syni!
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Following Champions League losses of Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv it is up to Metalist Kharkiv to save me from this week of despair. In their first match of the group section of the UEFA Cup, they face Hertha Berlin who played Benfica to a 1-1 draw in their opening match. Home victories are [...]
Category: UPL NewsSporting defeats Shakhtar Donetsk
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Shakhtar Donetsk’s hopes to advance in the Champions League ended with a 1-0 loss to Portuguese super-power Sporting. The match was tightly played before the break with realistic opportunities to score few and far between. Liedson began to assert himself after the break and the Miners seemed to be playing back on their heels. With [...]
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