Ruslan Rotan's team were losing 0:2, but won a strong-willed victory in a mega-scoring match.
“Alexandria" defeated “Shakhtar" in a home match 4th round of the Ukrainian Premier League (UPL) of the 2024/25 season. The match at the Nika stadium ended with a score of 4:3.
The match started with two goals from the Donetsk team. In the 16th minute, the home team defender Artem Shabanov scored into his own net, and in the 25th minute, Dmitry Kryskiv scored for the miners.
However, even before the break, Ruslan Rotan's charges managed to get even. In the 37th minute, Alexander Filippov reduced the deficit, and four minutes later Ivan Kalyuzhny restored parity in the match.
At the start of the second half, the Oleksandrians shocked the current champion of Ukraine with two more goals. In the 48th minute, Filippov converted a penalty, and then in the 57th minute, he scored from play, thus completing a hat-trick.
Marino Pusic's charges were able to respond only in stoppage time – in the 90+5th minute, Pedriño scored. But this was not enough to avoid defeat.
Review of the match “Oleksandria” – “Shakhtar”
Thanks to this victory, “Oleksandria” with 9 points became the sole leader of the UPL. Rotan's team has won three out of three matches in the Ukrainian championship this season.
“Shakhtar” has already suffered its second defeat in the current UPL campaign; in the 2nd round, the Donetsk club lost to Zhytomyr “Polesie”. With 6 points after four matches, the Miners are in second place.
In the 5th round of the UPL, Oleksandria will host Kolos on August 31, and Shakhtar will play away against Kryvbas on September 1.