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U19. Shakhtar vs Antwerp: watch the match online

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

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Shakhtar will host Antwerp in the 5th round of the UEFA Youth League group stage in Norderstedt

November 28, Norderstedt, Edmund-Plambeck, 13:00
The live stream will be available on the FC Shakhtar app and the club's official website

Match build-up

Oleksii Bielik's team continue to fight for advancing to the UEFA Youth League play-offs. Before the 5th round, the Miners gained 3 points and are the 3rd in the table. After the international break, the Orange-and-Blacks defeated Polissia U19 (1-0) in the Ukrainian Youth League and are in the 2nd spot in the standings with a game in hand (goal difference: 28–10).

Opponents

Antwerp U19 lost to Porto U19 (1-3) in the 4th round of the UEFA Youth League and finally dropped out of the fight for 2nd place. Before the 5th round, the Belgians are last in Quartet H without a single point. In previous meetings, Antwerp U19 lost to Porto U19 (1-4), Barcelona U19 (1-2) and Shakhtar U19 (1-2). As a reminder, Belgium does not hold the U19 championship, so the team for the UEFA Youth League had to be built from scratch.

Match background

The Miners were stronger in the only meeting of the teams in the UEFA Youth League.

Previous meeting

On October 4, Antwerp U19 hosted Shakhtar U19. The Miners possessed the ball from the first minutes and tried to overcome the Belgians' defence by playing combinational football. Despite the advantage of Shakhtar U19, Antwerp U19 opened the score: Kravets did not hold the ball in the 14th minute, and Delaporte used this mistake – 1-0. It took only 4 minutes for the Miners to equalize the score: Delaporte played with his hand in the penalty area, the referee awarded a spot-kick that Hlushchenko converted. The start of the second half passed without many goal-scoring opportunities. In the middle of the half, the teams exchanged opportunities, and if Bundash's shot from outside the penalty area was stopped by the goalkeeper, Godelaine could score within a shooting range, but missed the target. The Miners took the lead in the 73rd minute: after a cross pass, Yushchenko imposed a challenge, with Demchenko being the first on the ball and putting his teammates ahead through a precise shot. 2-1 – victory of Shakhtar U19.