Shakhtar vs Barcelona: Ukrainian champions arrive for Champions League match
Photo: "Miners" on the way to Germany (facebook.com/fcshakhtar)
The delegation of the Ukrainian Shakhtar Donetsk has completed a long journey to Hamburg, Germany, for the 2023/24 Champions League group stage match against the Spanish Barcelona, the club's official website reports.
The match Shakhtar - Barcelona will take place in Hamburg on November 7. The arena "Volksparkstadion" will host the match. The start of the meeting is scheduled for 19:45 Kyiv time.
"Miners" started their journey to the match of the 4th round of the main draw of the Champions Cup on Saturday, when they moved from Kyiv to Lviv by bus. On Sunday, Marino Pushych's wards held a morning training session in Vynnyky and then left for Polish Rzeszów.
From there, Shakhtar flew to Lubeck, Germany. On Sunday evening, the "miners" finally arrived in Hamburg. The delegation of the champion of Ukraine included football players and coaching staff of the first team, players and staff of the U-19 team, and club management.
Pushych took 27 footballers to Germany. Among them is defender Yukhym Konoplia. He will train with the first team but will miss the match against Barca due to a series of yellow cards.
The composition of the Shakhtar first team for the Champions League match on November 7:
Goalkeepers: Rudko, Puzankov, Riznyk
Defenders: Bondar, Lemkin, Hocholeishvili, Azarov, Matvienko, Miroshi, Konoplia, Kozik, Chyhrynskyi, Rakytskyi
Midfielders: Castillo, Stepanenko, Eginaldo, Kryskiv, Shved, Sudakov, Zubkov, Topalov, Nazaryna, Neverton, Kashchuk
Forwards: Sikan, Vyunnyk, Kelsey
Earlier Shakhtar defeated Dynamo in the Ukrainian Clasico, the last match of Lucescu.
