Today, in their second group stage match of the Conference League, Donetsk's 'Shakhtar' faced Polish 'Legia' as the nominal home team.

Under Arda Turan’s guidance, Shakhtar started the tournament well by defeating Scottish Aberdeen (3:2) in their first round. Today, they faced Warsaw-based Legia in Krakow.

In the first half, there was little to show for Shakhtar's efforts in attack. Instead, their opponents capitalized on Isaac’s loss of possession and Rafal Augustyniak opened the scoring with a powerful shot into the top corner.

In the second half, Arda Turan made three immediate substitutions which paid off. On the 61st minute, Yurim Konoplia received the ball on the right flank and delivered a cross to the penalty area where Luca Mirrello won the aerial duel. 1:1. Unfortunately, in the fourth added minute, Augustyniak demonstrated his powerful shot again from a set piece, scoring into the top corner once more. Thus, Shakhtar suffered a disappointing defeat with a score of 1:2.

Conference League. Group Stage. Matchday 2

'Shakhtar' (Ukraine) — 'Legia' (Poland) — 1:2 (0:1)

Goals: Mirrello (61) — Augustyniak (16, 90+4).

'Shakhtar': Fesyun, Azarov, Matviyenko, Gram, Konoplia (Vinius, 84), Isaac, Marlon (Nazaryna, 77), Bondarenko (Glushchenko, 59), Shved (Ferreira, 59), Mirrello, Eginaldo (Neverton, 59).

'Legia': Tobiasz, Recka, Kapujadi, Pijontkowski, Wszolek, Elitim (K. Urbanowski, 85), Augustyniak, V. Urbanowski (Kapustka, 59), Krasnichi (Stojanovic, 67), Rajovich (Czolak, 59), Hodyna (Zhevlakov, 85).

Booked: Marlon (33), Konoplia (82), Nazaryna (90+3) — Rajovich (43).

October 23. Krakow. Henrik Reyman Municipal Stadium.

In the third round of the Conference League group stage, Donetsk's 'Shakhtar' will host Icelandic 'Breidablik' in Krakow on November 6th.

CONFERENCE LEAGUE TABLE