On Thursday, April 9, Shakhtar Donetsk, who barely knocked Lech out of the tournament, will play a nominal home match of the Conference League quarter-finals against AZ from the Netherlands at the Henryk Rejman Stadium in Krakow, Poland (referee: Nick Walsh from Scotland).
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Last weekend, Arda Turan's team and the acting coach of the team from Alkmaar, Lee-Roy Echteld, held regular matches in their national leagues. Shakhtar defeated Rukh (3:0) in the UPL and is leading on points lost. In turn, AZ defeated Fortuna Sittard — 2:0 (Merdink, 11, Meynans, 15) and with 45 points is in 6th place in the Dutch championship.
Video review of the match AZ — Fortuna — 2:0
In previous years, the Donetsk and Alkmaar teams have only met once in European competitions, when AZ defeated Shakhtar in the UEFA Cup round of 16 in 2005, both away (3:1) and at home (2:1). However, there was also a friendly match in 2023, which ended in a 3:3 draw.
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Bookmakers consider the opponents' chances in the upcoming match to be approximately equal. For example, the GGBet office accepts bets on Shakhtar's victory with odds of 2.61, on a draw — 3.4, and on the victory of the Dutch club, which knocked out the Czech Sparta in the round of 16 (2:1 at home, 4:0 away), — 2.67.
The Shakhtar – AZ match will be broadcast live in Ukraine (starting at 10:00 PM ) by the MEGOGO media service.
Conference League. Quarter-finals. First match
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April 9 (Thursday)
“Shakhtar” – AZ 22:00 MEGOGO
We would like to add that the return match between the rivals will take place on April 16 in Alkmaar. The winner of the Ukrainian-Dutch confrontation will face the stronger team in the semifinals, Crystal Palace (England) and Fiorentina (Italy).
Previously, “FACTS” reported that the legend of Shakhtar and the Ukrainian national team returned from abroad to the village club.
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