Shakhtar Donetsk and Feyenoord drew 1-1 in the first leg

No one managed to take the lead at the Polish Army Stadium in the 1-goal draw between Shakhtar and Feyenoord in the round of 16 of the 2022-2023 Europa League tournament.

The hosts started to win with a goal from Yaroslav Rakitskyy in the 78th minute of the complementary phase, while through Ezequiel Bullaude the visitor equalized the game after a few minutes.

Feyenoord dominated action but weren’t powerful in the Shakhtar Donetsk goal. Of a total of 16 shots, 7 approached the goal and 8 outside.

The figure of the meeting was Ezequiel Bullaude. The Feyenoord striker scored 1 goal.

Another of the key footballers at the Polish Army Stadium was Anatolii Trubin. The Shakhtar Donetsk goalkeeper performed well against Feyenoord as he saved 7 shots.

With many fouls, it was an intense game with many interruptions on the pitch. There was only one card, in the 69th minute of the second half, Mats Wieffer received a yellow card.

Shakhtar’s manager, Igor Jovicevic, had a 4-5-1 formation from the field with Anatolii Trubin in the arc; Lucas Taylor, Mykola Matvienko, Yaroslav Rakitskyy and Dmytro Topalov in the defensive line; Taras Stepanenko, Oleksandr Zubkov, Artem Bondarenko, Heorhii Sudakov and Dmytro Kryskiv in el medio; and Lassina Traoré in attack.

For their part, those led by Arne Slot crashed with a 4-3-3 strategy with Timon Wellenreuther under the three sticks; Marcus Pedersen, Lutsharel Geertruida, Dávid Hancko and Quilindschy Hartman in defence; Mats Wieffer, Orkun Kökçü and Sebastian Szymanski in midfield; and Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Danilo and Oussama Idrissi ahead.

The match at the Polish Army Stadium was led by referee Ivan Kruzliak.

With this result in the 2022-23 Europa League first leg between Shakhtar and Feyenoord, the key was open. The series will be set next Thursday, March 16.

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