"Shakhtar" strives for the Conference League semi-finals - where to watch the match against "AZ"
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Donetsk Shakhtar will play the second leg of the Conference League quarter-finals in Alkmaar after a 3:0 victory. The broadcast will take place on MEGOGO at 19:45 Kyiv time.
Today, April 16, Donetsk "Shakhtar", having a confident three-goal advantage, will try to reach the semifinals of the Conference League in a match against the Dutch "AZ" in Alkmaar. UNN tells who the bookmakers' favorite is and where to watch the match.
Match
The match will start at AZ's home stadium, AFAS Stadium, at 7:45 PM Kyiv time. The first match between the teams ended with a crushing victory for the Miners - 3:0.
The first half of the match passed without goals and with a minimal number of dangerous moments. After the break, the teams became more active, but Shakhtar played more effectively.
In the 72nd minute, Pedrinho opened the scoring with a long-range shot from outside the penalty area. Later, Allisson Santana scored a brace, netting in the 81st and 83rd minutes.
AZ also had several dangerous moments but failed to score. Goalkeeper Dmytro Riznyk played reliably in Shakhtar's goal.
The participation of several "miners" in this match is questionable, including Eginaldo, Dmytro Kryskiv, and Marlon Gomes, who are recovering from injuries, as well as Isake Silva, who in the first match, during a collision with an AZ player, hit his head and lost consciousness on the field. Meanwhile, Nigerian winger Prosper Obah has recovered.
The Dutch will be without striker Jizz Hornkamp, midfielder Peer Koopmeiners, and defender Denso Kasius.
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The match will be officiated by a German team of referees led by Sven Jablonski. His assistants are Eduard Beitinger and Lasse Koslowski. The fourth official is Harm Osmers.
Jablonski is known to Ukrainian fans, in particular, for officiating the 2026 World Cup qualification match between Ukraine and Iceland (5:3).
Before the match
On Monday, the "miners" played an important UPL match against their main competitor in the championship race - LNZ (2:2). Immediately after the match, the team embarked on one of the longest journeys of this season along the route Cherkasy – Lviv – Rzeszów - Amsterdam (approximately 2,000 km) and arrived in the capital of the Netherlands late on Tuesday evening.
AZ, after losing to Shakhtar, rehabilitated themselves in the domestic arena over the weekend – on Sunday, the "red-whites" crushed Heerenveen (3:0) at home in an Eredivisie Netherlands match.
Where to watch, bookmakers' favorite
The match can be watched on the MEGOGO OTT platform with "Optimal", "Sport" subscriptions and in all "MEGAPACK" packages. Bookmakers give a slight advantage to "AZ", on whose victory you can bet with odds of - 2. For "Shakhtar" the odds are - 3.8, and for a draw - 3.6.
Meanwhile, you can bet on the miners' progression with odds of - 1.07, and on AZ's progression - 8.5.
Addition
In addition to the AZ - Shakhtar match, a number of other return matches of the 1/4 finals of the Conference League will be held today:
- “AEK” (Greece) - “Rayo Vallecano” (Spain) - first
match - 0:3;
- “Fiorentina” (Italy) - “Crystal Palace” (England) -
first match - 0:3;
- “Strasbourg” (France) - “Mainz” (Germany) - first
match - 0:2.