The Shakhtar Post
Squad4 Jan 2027
Eguinaldo is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.86 with 27 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Market4 Jan 2027
Shakhtar turn down Grêmio for Pedro Henrique
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Match2 Jan 2027
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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Pedro Henrique honoured for the season
The kind of year that ends with a name being read out in a hall. Shakhtar had the benefit of it every week and now have the problem of everybody else knowing.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
No sign of nerves from Alisson at 21 — 7.70
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Alisson did not need any: 7.70, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
Makar Tverdokhlib says Shakhtar went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market4 Jan 2027
Twente join the queue for Eguinaldo
Add another name to the list: Twente have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Eguinaldo. The answer from Shakhtar has not changed — yet.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Nobody could get near Pedrinho
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Words exchanged at Shakhtar
Marlon Gomes and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
In brief
- Squad Denys Bida is a better footballer than he was
- Loan watch The goals keep arriving from Luca Meirelles’s exile
- Match Shakhtar get the job done against Karpaty