Shakhtar
UEFA Champions League
0 - 0
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
NSC Olimpiyskiy
Internazionale
Preview
September 28, Kyiv, NSC Olimpiyskiy, 19:45
Match build-up
Shakhtar claimed the maximum number of points in the recent league games and won the Ukrainian Super Cup in a showdown vs Dynamo. The team will have to take the next step in the Champions League: after a poor start in Tiraspol, it is doubly important to score points. On the matchday’s eve, the head coach held a theory session with his men and the team trained in the presence of reporters. The same evening, Roberto De Zerbi and Taras Stepanenko answered the questions from mass media at the press conference. And, of course, we would like to mention the fact that Shakhtar and Inter lock horns at the Champions League group stage for the second year in a row.
There are 25 players on the preliminary player list for the game:
goalkeepers: Shevchenko, Pyatov, Trubin;
defenders: Dodo, Vitao, Kryvtsov, Marlon, Matviienko, Konoplia, Ismaily, Korniienko, Bondar;
midfielders: Stepanenko, Maycon, Marcos Antonio, Marlos, Tete, Bondarenko, Solomon, Mudryk, Alan Patrick, Sudakov, Pedrinho;
forwards: Traore, Sikan.
Opponents
On the matchday’s eve, Simone Inzaghi recalled how 21 years ago he met with Shakhtar for the first time as a player – it happened in the Miners’ Champions League group stage debut match. Now he is a coach, and not of Lazio but of Inter who won the Italian league title last season after a long break.
Immediately after the draw, the Nerazzurri executives briefly formulated their main objective: to perform significantly better than last season when it was Shakhtar who knocked Inter out of European competitions, and to start with advancing from the group. The MD1 defeat at the hands of Real Madrid (0-1) does not bring this goal any closer, so the team will do everything to get back to their winning ways in the match in Kyiv. Shakhtar have exactly the same goal.
In the current Italian league campaign, Inter have secured four victories (vs Genoa, Verona, Bologna, Fiorentina) and drew twice (with Sampdoria and Atalanta). The experienced Edin Dzeko notched up four goals in the last three matches after having joined the side this summer.
Head-to-head record
The opponents have met five times: three matches ended in a draw, another two games ended in favour of Inter. The Nerazzurri scored eight goals in total and conceded only one.
Previous UCL encounter
The last match ended 0-0 at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on December 9 before Shakhtar finished third in the group and qualified for the Europa League knockout stages, with Inter being eliminated from European competitions.
Shakhtar Vs. Internazionale history
Recent games
UEFA Champions League
Tue 28
•Sep 2021
NSC Olimpiyskiy
Referee: Istvan Kovacs
P | TEAM | P | W | D | L | F | A | PNT |
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1 | Real | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 15 |
2 | Internazionale | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 |
3 | Sheriff | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 |
4 | Shakhtar | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 2 |