UPL: Shakhtar loses first points and Bondarenko
In the second round of the Ukrainian championship Shakhtar Donetsk stumbled, drawing with Veres.
Donetsk team scored first just before the break, however minutes later Bondarenko got a red card. Ten-men Shakhtar couldn't hold on to the winning score and conceded a goal after Yevhen Shevchenko strike in the 62nd minute - 1:1.
2023-24, Ukraine - Premier League
Veres - Shakhtar 1:1 (0:1)
Goals: Matviyenko, 45 (0:1); Shevchenko Y., 62 (1:1)
Veres: Past; Vovchenko S.; Shevchenko Y. (Gagun, 87); Kucherov; Gakman; Siqueira (Sharay S., 87); Dakhnovskyi (Sharay V., 57); Kurko; Kukharuk; Marusich (Haiduchyk M., 71); Blyznychenko А. (Shestakov M., 57)
Bench: Korkodym; Kogut B.; Khondak; Julio Cesar; Shukh
Yellow Cards: Kukharuk 35; Kucherov 50; Sharay V. 64; Shestakov M. 69; Vovchenko S. 83
Shakhtar: Riznyk D.; Kozik; Matviyenko; Gocholeishvili (Farina, 46); Kryskiv (Castillo D., 84); Bondarenko A-m (till 45); Zubkov (Ocheretko, 46); Traoré Las. (Pedrinho, 84); Topalov; Sikan; Kashchuk (Viunnyk, 58)
Bench: Trubin; Tvardovskyi; Toirov; Newerton; Hlushchenko; Kelsy
Yellow Cards: Gocholeishvili 11; Traoré Las. 48; Farina 55; Matviyenko 64
Red cards: Bondarenko A-m 45'