Shakhtar Donetsk played their regular and final test match today as part of the off-season preparation for the second part of the season. This time, the Pitmen's rival was the Bosnian Sarajevo.
test match
"Miner" (Donetsk, Ukraine) — "Sarajevo" (Bosnia and Herzegovina) — 4:0 (3:0)
Goals: Stepanenko (28), Traore (33, 55), Sudakov (36)
Shakhtar: Trubin, Hemp (Kozik, 71), Bondar, Matvienko, Mikhailichenko (Topalov, 65), Stepanenko, Bondarenko, Sudakov (Dzhurasek, 69), Zubkov, Kryskiv, Traore (Sikan, 77).
The victory at Sarajevo became Shakhtar's first in the cycle of test matches of the current off-season. Prior to that, the Pitmen lost to Austrian Vienna (1:2), and also parted ways with Slovenian Koper (2:2), Bulgarian Ludogorets (2:2) and Slovenian Maribor (4:4) .
Let us add that already next week, on February 16, Shakhtar will play the first match against French Rennes in the 1/16 finals of the Europa League.