Shakhtar 0-2 Radomiak: All Goals and Highlights
On September 24, Igor Jovicevic’s men played a friendly game against the representatives of Polish Ekstraklasa Radomiak.
That fact that Mariusz Lewandowski, who has played for Shakhtar almost 10 years, is the head coach of Radomiak gave zest to the match. The teams started at a high pace playing practically from the field centre. The Miners created few dangerous chances thanks to Marian Shved who was very active at the beginning of the meeting. Ivan Petriak also joined the attacking process quite well. But Shved was injured in the challenge in the middle of half-time, so Igor Jovicevic had to make a substitution. Andrii Kulakov had the opportunity to score shortly before the half-time whistle, but he hit the crossbar.
Shakhtar head coach changed almost the entire lineup for the second half of the meet fielding the U19 players. The Polacks used the lack of corresponding experience and started to push the Miners closer to their goal. In the 51st minute, Radomiak scored: Cele converted attempt from a set piece. Mariusz Lewandowski’s team took the initiative and continued creation of dangerous chances. Oleksii Shevchenko performing captain’s duties in the second half frankly saved his team in several episodes. Vladislav Pohorilyi had the chance to equalize, but the opponent keeper dealt with the danger. Machado finalized the score in the match in the stoppage time.