Solomon’s Late Goal Brings Shakhtar Donetsk to Beats Atalanta

DBasia.news –  Italy’s representative, Atalanta, has continued to fail in reaping points in their debut season in the Champions League. The 2-1 victory was won by Shakhtar Donetsk, this defeat has made Atalanta not won any points in group C.

Currently, Atalanta lost to Shaktar Donetsk with a score of 1-2 in the second match of Group C at the temporary headquarters of San Siro, Wednesday (2/10) AM.

Atalanta actually has the chance to lead since the 16th minute through the white spot, but Josip Ilicic’s penalty was blocked by Shaktar goalkeeper, Andriy Pyatov.

Not long after, the host finally took the lead through Duvan Zapata in the 28th minute. Ahead of the break, Shaktar managed to equalize thorugh Junior Moraes in the 41st minute.

The game was tough in the second half. Unfortunately Atalanta was conceded in the 90th minute. The opponent’s goal was scored by substitute, Manor Solomon, just before the referee sounded final whistle.

With this result, Atalanta has not moved from the bottom of the standings with 0 points. While Shaktar ranks second behind Manchester City by collecting three points.

In Group B, Red Star Belgrade successfully won the inaugural victory. The Serbian representative defeated Olympiacos 3-1 at the Rajko Mitic Stadium.

Being left behind in the first half through Ruben Semedo’s goal, Red Star went crazy in the second half and turned ahead, each with goals from Milos Vulic [62 ‘], Nemanja Milunovic [87’], and Richmond Boakye [90 ‘].

This victory has temporarily perched Red Star in second place with three points. While Olympiakos is still stuck in third place with one point.