Shakhtar vs Metalurh: journey into history

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Attention football fans, we bring you a retrospective journey into history dedicated to the Pitmen’s home games against the Zaporizhya side.

15 years ago

Ukrainian League 2000/01. 16th round. April 2, 2001. Donetsk. CS Shakhtar. Att: 30,000

Shakhtar 1-1 (1-1) Metalurh

Goals: 0-1 Demchenko (23’), 1-1 Aghahowa (26’)

Shakhtar: Virt, Starostyak, Tymoshchuk, Bakharev, Aghahowa, Zubov, Vorobei, Ndiaye, Shevchuk (Popov, 85’), Aliuta, Okoronkwo

Head coach: Viktor Prokopenko

Highlight of the match

15 seasons ago, the Red-Whites complicated Shakhtar’s resolving the championship task. Before the meeting with Metalurh, the Pitmen were level with Dynamo for a long while, but just before the Match of the Season the uncompromising Zaporizhya side deprived Donetsk of the title race parity.

Man of the match – Julius Aghahowa

The Nigerian striker scored his first home goal for Shakhtar. The Donetsk fans enjoyed Julius’ tumbles performed by him after a precision shot from some twenty-metre range.

10 years ago

Ukrainian League 2005/06. 7th round. August 28, 2005. Donetsk. RSC Olympiyskyi. Att: 23,000

Shakhtar 3-1 (1-0) Metalurh

Goals: 1-0 Belik (23’), 2-0 Elano (47’, pen.), 3-0 Belik (77’), 3-1 Demchenko (90’)

Shakhtar: Shutkov, Stoican, Leonardo, Lewandowski, Rat (Shevchuk, 71’), Tymoschuk, Matuzalem, Fernandinho, Elano (Jadson, 57’), Belik, Marica (Brandao, 57’)

Head coach: Mircea Lucescu

Highlight of the match

This chapter of the Donetsk-Zaporizhzhya story was written just 10 years ago, on August 28, 2005. From the Pitmen taking part in that match, only Vyacheslav Shevchuk is still in the current squad. Darijo Srna could also appear there, but he missed the squad list.

Debutant – Leonardo

The 19-year old Brazilian defender, who had moved moved to Donetsk from Santos, played his first match in the orange-black shirt. Leonardo made his debut just a few days after his presentation as the newcomer. After the game, Mircea Lucescu mentioned that the defender looked good in the first half, but after the break he made a number of mistakes.

Man of the match – Oleksiy Belik

Shakhtar striker produced a magnificent performance, becoming the hero of the meeting. Alex not only put his name on the scoresheet after grabbing a brace against Metalurh, but also earned a penalty, which was converted by Elano.

Quote of the match – Mircea Lucescu

- The score was probably closer to 7-0 than to 3-1. There was a lot of selfishness in the final stages of attacks. But I am satisfied: the team are growing, showcasing some meaningful football.

5 years ago

Ukrainian League 2010/11. 17th round. November 13, 2010. Donetsk. Donbass Arena. Att: 29,219

Shakhtar 2-1 (1-0) Metalurh

Goals: 1-0 Adriano (26’', pen.), 2-0 Moreno (63’), 2-1 Pisotskyi (71’)

Shakhtar: Pyatov, Srna (c), Rakits’kyy, Chygrynskiy, Rat, Stepanenko, Gai, Jadson (Teixeira, 71’), Willian, Adriano (Moreno, 61’), Eduardo (Costa, 57’)

Head coach: Mircea Lucescu

Highlight of the match

5 years ago, Shakhtar met with the Zaporizhia side two times in a row: first in the Ukrainian Cup game (1-0), and then in the league. Compared with the cup tie, the Pitmen’s line-up changed dramatically. Only Jadson and Luiz Adriano were on the starting-lineup list in two consecutive games.

Highlight of the match

The Donetsk team dedicated their victory over Metalurh to the family of Oleksandr Kucher. Just on that day, the Pitmen’s defender had an important event: a son was born to him, whom the happy parents named Lukyan.

Figure of the match – 203

This meeting was Mircea Lucescu's 203rd at the helm of Shakhtar in the Ukrainian league, which became an absolute coaching record for the Donetsk team. Thus, the Romanian specialist beat Valeriy Yaremchenko, under whose leadership the Orange-Blacks played 202 domestic games.

Quote of the match – Darijo Srna:

- We always have a problem with Zaporizhzhya: both at home and away. I can’t explain it, it's probably a tradition now. Most importantly, we won and showcased good football. Unfortunately, we scored just few goals, but that’s OK – we’ll do better in the next game.