Shakhtar Donetsk played their first friendly yesterday as part of their preparation for the new season. Besides, this game was the debut of the Pitmen's new head coach Patrick van Leeuwen. The opponents were Dutch AZ.
Test match
"Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine vAZ Alkmaar, Netherlands -3-3 (1-1)
Goals: Zubkov (17), Bondar (50), Kelsey (76) - de Wit (9), Baras (48), van Bommel (65)
"Shakhtar: Tvardovsky (Puzankov, 46), Konoplya (Kozik, 40), Bondar (Udod, 68), Rakitskiy (Pushkarev, 68), Kornienko (Farina, 46), Castillo, Nazarina, Glushchenko, Zubkov (Janovic, 68), Topalov (Tsukanov, 46), Kelsey (Demchenko, 81).