It will be an all-Ukrainian UEFA Cup semi-final after won Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 against Marseille at the Vélodrome stadium this Thursday. Earlier Dynamo Kiev have stunned PSG 3-0 in the UEFA Cup quarter final.
After last week defeat, Marseille did not have great choice than to attack and try to overturn their two goal deficit.Marseille failed to do so, while at the 29min Luis Fernandinho scored for the visitor.
Marseille needed to score four goals without reply and managed to put one just before the break from Ben Arfa.
In the second half the French leader failed to put pressure and the Ukrainian.At the 79th minute Marseille’s substitute Mamadou Samassa had a goal disallowed after he fouled Pyatov.
The Ukrainian scored a late goal during the injury time by da Silva Luiz Adriano.
Shakhtar Donetsk will now face fellow Ukrainians team Dynamo Kiev in the UEFA Cup semi Final in May.
UEFA CUP: 1/4 Final
FT’ Dynamo K. (Ukraine) 3 : 0 Paris Saint Germain (France) (Half-time: 2-0)
FT’ Marseille (France) 1 : 2 Shakhtar (Ukraine) (Half-time: 1-1)
FT’ Manchester City (England) 2 : 1 Hamburger (Germany) (Half-time: 1-1)
FT’ Udinese (Italy) 3 : 3 Werder (Germany) (Half-time: 3-1)
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Tags: Europe, Marseille, Shakhtar, UEFA, UEFA Cup
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