Shakhtar lost in the last round and was eliminated from the UEFA Champions League.

In the final round of the group stage of the Champions League, Donetsk's "Shakhtar" lost to Dortmund's "Borussia".

The Ukrainian club had minimal chances of advancing to the knockout stage before the match, but a victory was essential.

Already in the first half, German attack leader Seru Girassy scored twice, giving his team a lead.

In the second half, "Shakhtar" scored a bizarre goal, but soon after, the opponent found the net again. The score of 3:1 held until the final whistle.

“Borussia D” – “Shakhtar” 3:1
Goals: Girassy, 17, 44, Bensebaini, 79 – Marlon, 50

“Borussia D”: Kobel – Ryerson, Can, Schlotterbeck, Bensebaini (Anton, 89) – Sabitzer – Adeyemi (Durunville, 65), Brandt (Reyna, 65), Bynoe-Gittens (Koutu, 85) – Bayer (Gross, 46), Girassy.

“Shakhtar”: Riznyk – Vinicius, Bondar, Matviyenko, Azarov (Pedrinho Azevedo, 72) – Marlon (Bondarenko, 84), Kryskiv (Stepanenko, 89), Sudakov – Zubkov (Traore, 72), Pedrinho da Silva (Niverton, 83), Kevin.

Warnings: Bayer – Kevin, Marlon

As a result, the Donetsk team finished in 27th place in the final standings and failed to reach the knockout stage, where only 24 out of 36 teams advance.

Background. Earlier, Mind reported that "Shakhtar" sold the Ukrainian striker for 6 million euros.