{"id":296878,"date":"2023-11-07T20:24:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T20:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=296878"},"modified":"2023-11-07T20:24:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T20:24:22","slug":"shakhtar-donetsk-1-0-barcelona-xavis-men-suffer-shock-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/shakhtar-donetsk-1-0-barcelona-xavis-men-suffer-shock-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 Barcelona: Xavi&apos;s men suffer shock defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 Barcelona: Xavi&#8217;s men suffer shock defeat to Ukrainian side leaving Champions League qualification in doubt<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Chris Sutton: &#8216;How my son nearly died&#8217; &#8211; Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off podcast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Shakhtar Donetsk recorded a famous win over Barcelona to push Xavi\u2019s Barcelona back into post-Clasico crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Bar\u00e7a were poor again, as they had been at the weekend against Real Sociedad, and this time there was not late goal to save them.<\/p>\n<p>They finished the first half having had no shots on target, forced no corners, and gone behind on minute 40 when Danylo Sikan headed in Giorgi Gocholeishvili\u2019s cross.<\/p>\n<p>It was a great header from Sikan but Barcelona defended the move terribly with Ferran Torres lackadaisical as he wandered across to close down Gocholeishvili and Andreas Christensen losing the scorer at his back leaving him with a free but still difficult header to beat Marc-Andre ter Stegen.<\/p>\n<p>Xavi will not have been happy at half time but it was Shakhtar Donetsk who had the first chance of the second half with Gocholeishvili forcing a save from Ter Stegen at his near post.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/19\/77520751-12721889-image-a-13_1699386022267.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Danylo Sikan scored the only goal on the night at the\u00a0Volksparkstadion stadium in Hamburg<\/p>\n<p>With the game played in Hamburg because of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, Bar\u00e7a\u2019s German keeper had been well received by the \u2018home\u2019 fans. Without him the lead could easily have been doubled.<\/p>\n<p>Bar\u00e7a\u2019s restart was so poor that Xavi made four changes on 58 minutes with Lamine Yamal, Joao Felix, Alejandro Balde and Pedri replacing Raphinha, Ferran Torres, Marcos Alonso and Oriol Romeu.<\/p>\n<p>Joao Felix forced two quick corners but the first sailed harmlessly into Dmytro Riznky\u2019s hands, and the second was taken short and also came to nothing. On the other wing Lamine Yamal\u2019s crossing was poor and a frustrated Robert Lewandowski did little to hide his frustration with it in the penalty area.<\/p>\n<p>With just two minutes left Newerton scored a second cutting in from the left but the flag was up and it didn\u2019t count.<\/p>\n<p>Seven minutes were added on but there was no equalizer. Joao Felix appealed for two penalties but the first was a hand in the area from a rebound and the second a challenge that was arguably outside the box.<\/p>\n<p>It was a dismal night for Bar\u00e7a \u2013 it won\u2019t stop them qualifying but it does nothing to avert the sense that they are losing their way. For Shakhtar it was a memorable night and one that keeps their hopes very much alive of staying in European competition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12721889\/Shakhtar-Donetsk-1-0-Barcelona-Xavis-men-suffer-shock-defeat-Ukranian-leaving-Champions-League-qualification-doubt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 Barcelona: Xavi&#8217;s men suffer shock defeat to Ukrainian side leaving Champions League qualification in doubt Chris Sutton: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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