Shakhtar Donetsk lose to Stade Rennes, but qualify for the round of 16

At Roazhon Park, Shakhtar went further and qualified for the round of 16 with a 4-5 win over Stade Rennes. Definition came from 12 stages with goals from Yehor Nazaryna, Heorhii Sudakov, Artem Bondarenko, Yukhym Konoplia and Kevin Kelsy, although Valeriy Bondar and Danylo Sikan missed. In the home side, Jeremy Doku, Birger Meling and Lesley Ugochukwu failed to convert, while Désiré Doué, Amine Gouiri, Flavien Tait and Warmed Omari hit their shots.

Jeremy Doku put in an excellent performance. The Stade Rennes midfielder because he was incited to kick 5 times.

Anatolii Trubin is another player who had a great game. The Shakhtar Donetsk goalkeeper was the protagonist against Stade Rennes: he contained 7 shots.

The game got messed up with fouls and the players put on a stronger leg. The reservations were numerous: Djed Spence, Valeriy Bondar, Lassina Traoré, Bogdan Mykhaylichenko, Igor Jovicevic, Yukhym Konoplia and Mykola Matvienko.

Stade Rennes coach Bruno Génésio presented a tactical 4-4-2 setup with Steve Mandanda in goal; Djed Spence, Warmed Omari, Jeanuel Belocian and Adrien Truffert on the defensive line; Jeremy Doku, Baptiste Santamaria, Lovro Majer and Karl Toko Ekambi in the middle; and Arnaud Kalimuendo and Amine Gouiri in attack.

For their part, Igor Jovicevic’s set came out with a 4-5-1 tactical layout with Anatolii Trubin under the three sticks; Yukhym Konoplia, Valeriy Bondar, Mykola Matvienko and Bogdan Mykhaylichenko in defense; Taras Stepanenko, Oleksandr Zubkov, Artem Bondarenko, Heorhii Sudakov and Dmytro Topalov in midfield; and Lassina Traoré in attack.

Tobias Stieler was in charge of overseeing the order of play during the game.

Despite losing the first leg, Shakhtar eliminated Stade Rennes on penalties and qualified for the knockout stages of the 2022-2023 Europa League.

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