The Shakhtar Post
Match1 Nov 2028
Cup progress for Shakhtar
A 1-0 win over Chernihiv, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Match4 Nov 2028
10 unbeaten for Shakhtar
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 10 matches without defeat is a foundation Shakhtar did not have in the autumn.
Squad6 Nov 2028
Alisson is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.74 with 8 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad6 Nov 2028
Pedrinho gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Loan watch6 Nov 2028
Oleh Buialskyi has seen enough of Metalist
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Shakhtar, and 1 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.
Boardroom6 Nov 2028
Shakhtar release $5.0M for the manager
The board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.
Match4 Nov 2028
Shakhtar share the spoils with Karpaty
A 1-1 draw with Karpaty leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Loan watch6 Nov 2028
Lucas Ferreira keeps scoring at Metalist
13 appearances away from home and 8 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Squad6 Nov 2028
Giorgi Gocholeishvili knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Shakhtar, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Squad A first senior shirt for Ryan Roberto
- Loan watch Anton Hlushchenko keeps scoring at Chornomorets
- Loan watch 4 goals on loan for Mykola Matviienko