At the Arena Lviv ended the first semifinal match of the Europa League – Shakhtar and Sevilla twice upset each other.
For Shakhtar in the semi-final started disastrously – in the sixth minute Banega brought on the strike Vitolo, and that, after removing Rakitskiy made it to the “house” of Pyatov.
Shakhtar quickly came to himself and began to actively probe the defense, “Seville”. Until the end of the half, the Spaniards had not thought about attacking – Marlos after a penetrating pass from Rakitskiy equalized, and in the 36th minute Stepanenko netted a perfect canopy of the same Marlos. In these moments of “Seville” has lost control of himself – Shakhtar created a few promising attacks, but to consolidate their advantage, the nominal owners could not.
The second half was a completely different way – Sevilla was dominating, Shakhtar tried unsuccessfully to find a counterattack. Gameiro’s goal was cancelled due to thin offside, but after a few minutes the Frenchman has struck the net, He took advantage of a careless tackle on Ferreira, and Gameiro penalty easily beat the goalkeeper of “Shakhtar”.
For the third time in history, Shakhtar and Sevilla was played in 2:2. The second leg in a week will take the “Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan”.
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Shakhtar – Sevilla 2:2
Goals: Marlos, 23, Stepanenko, 36 — Vitolo, 6, Gameiro, 82 (with a penalty)
Shakhtar: Pyatov — Srna, Kucher, Rakitskiy, Ismaily — Malyshev, Stepanenko — Marlos (Bernard, 90+2), Kovalenko, Tyson (Wellington Nem, 90+1), Facundo Ferreyra (Eduardo, 90+1)
Seville: Soria Mariano Ferreyra, Ramie, Carriço, Escudero — Krychowiak, Nzonzi — Vitolo, Banega, Linnet (Krohn-Dehli, 59, Koke, 72) — Gameiro
Warning: Escudero, Carriço, Krychowiak
