Today, September 6, in the match of the 1st group stage of the Champions League, RB Leipzig hosted the Ukrainian Shakhtar at the Red Bull Arena.
The meeting ended with the victory of the guests with a score of 4:1. Already at the beginning of the match, Shakhtar’s striker Marian Shved made the German team’s goalkeeper make a mistake in the center of the field, after which he rolled the ball into an empty net. In the 57th minute defender, Mohamed Simakan equalized the score. But a minute later, the Swede scored a double and again brought his team forward. In the 76th minute, Mikhail Mudrik scored the third goal, and in extra time Lassina Traore set the final score in match at 4:1.
Thus, the Ukrainian club scored 3 points and placed second in the standings in Group F. In the next round, Shakhtar will host Celtic at home, and RB Leipzig will play away against Real Madrid.
