On the eve of the Vice-champion of Ukraine Shakhtar in the penalty shootout lost “young boys” and made its way into the Champions League.
On artificial turf Shakhtar for six minutes, managed to lose the advantage to two goals – the Pitmen attacked desperately, as if anticipating another defeat on penalties, but were unable to score against the Swiss. During the overtime the “miner” had the obvious advantage – “young boys” had to wait until the postgame lottery and got lucky, sending the Ukrainian team in the playoffs of qualification of League of Europe.
Adolf Hutter (“young boys”): “It’s a really special day for the “young boys”. We were able to make the impossible possible. Of course, we felt the support of our viewers. Tactically Shakhtar was very strong, and I am very glad that we managed to win this confrontation.”
Paulo Fonseca (FC Shakhtar): “I Want to congratulate the “young boys”. I want to say that we really are upset. It’s a shame that failed to pass this stage, because one of our main goals was to reach the group stage of the Champions League.”
