Famous journalist Artem Frankov shared his expectations of today's match of the 2nd round of the Champions League group stage Antwerp vs Shakhtar.
Artem Frankov"The match of the Belgian champion against the Ukrainian champion. "Antwerp" in the first round of the Champions League "burned" to "Barcelona" 0:5 away, and "Shakhtar" as if at home lost to "Porto" 1:3. The scores are different, but there was no doubt about the result of the match either there or there. In other words, we are talking about the justification of the pre-tournament forecast - we are dealing with a match of teams doomed to fight for third place in the group and qualify for the Europa League, because there is no place for them in the Champions League due to their insufficient level.
In the national championships, the teams are in some ways similar. "Antwerp are in the group of leaders, but the last three matches ended 0-0.
"Shakhtar" seemed to look quite cheerful in their championship, but in the last round suffered their first and sudden defeat to a rather weak "Vorskla" - 1:2. Unfortunately, the modern Ukrainian championship has come to its dream - when everyone can beat everyone... Another issue is that it is not able to please anyone.
I would not overestimate the strength of the defence of both clubs. Belgium and Ukraine - this says a lot, if not everything," Frankov said.
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