While LaLiga has postponed Madrid-Athletic due to the commitments of the South American internationals (affected only Militao, Vinicius and Valverde), Shakhtar does return to work in the Ukrainian league. To prepare with more time for the European stake against the whites on Tuesday, the next rival of Ancelotti’s in the Champions League brings their match against Zorya Lugansk to today (the team from which Madrid signed Lunin), who is fourth and has seven games without losing in the league. One more year fight with him Dynamo Kiev for the title. The last day before the break saw a draw between the two that keeps Dinamo leaders three points ahead of Shakhtar, who will momentarily rise to the lead if they win today.
Despite the extensive colony of Brazilians that hosts the Donbas team (Shakhtar has eleven players eligible for Verdeamarela in its squad), Roberto de Zerbi does not have any players in the CONMEBOL qualifiers, although he has also suffered from the FIFA virus. Six internationals have been concentrated with the absolute of Ukraine until last Tuesday, another three with the Ukrainian under-21 and Solomon has played both games of Israel.
From Zerbi, who has not used to make rotations thinking about the Champions League, has the casualties of Vitao, Dentinho, Lassina Traoré and Junior Moraes.
