On November 8, Beijing time, the fourth round of the Champions League group stage continued to compete, and Barcelona, the third in Group H, La Liga, challenged Shakhtar Donetsk, the Ukrainian Super League, away. Barcelona won all three games in the first 3 rounds, as long as this game is undefeated, they can qualify in advance, while Shakhtar only has 3 points with 1 win and 2 losses, so let's take a look at the exciting competition between the players on both sides.
Barcelona starting line-up: Ter Stegen, Alonso, Christensen, Araujo, Cancelo, Gavi, Gundogan, Romeu, Raphinha, Ferran Torres, Lewandowski.
Barcelona had the upper hand at the beginning of the game, Gundogan's long-range shot from the top of the arc shook off the defense, Lewandowski stepped forward to receive the ball in the penalty area and fell to the ground past the goalkeeper, the referee signaled that there was no problem, and the team was unable to break through the opponent's defense to score, and the scene was once deadlocked.
Shakhtar Donetsk focused on defending and counter-attacking in search of opportunities, until the 40th minute when Gochoreshvili received the ball and sent a precise cross to assist Sikan with a header in front of goal. At half-time, Barcelona temporarily trailed by one goal, and neither side had the effect of breaking through the breaking point, but more in the middle of the long pass, which seemed to have no effect, and it looked like they needed to make adjustments.
Soon after returning from the second half, Xavi couldn't open up the situation, so he could only take the lead in making personnel changes, with Pedri, Felix and Yamal coming off the bench, but it was still slow to pay. On the contrary, the Shakhtar's counter-attack was more threatening, and Sikan's shot from a tight angle was saved by Ter Stegen.
In the 87th minute of the closing stages, Verton cut inside and scored hard, but the linesman raised the flag for offside. Barcelona still couldn't break through the opponent's goal for the rest of the game, and the score did not change again, and Shakhtar Donetsk's 1-0 victory over Barcelona successfully took revenge on the opponent to send the opponent to the first defeat of the group stage, and at the same time prevented the opponent from advancing to the knockout stage in this round.