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HALF-TIME: Shakhtar Donetsk 0-1 Crystal Palace<\/p>\n
Isma\u00efla Sarr\u2019s goal, delivered after 21 seconds, is the difference at the break.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.49 EDT<\/p>\n 45 min: We\u2019ve lost the manic energy of the first 15 minutes. But here come Palace, working it from the left wing to the right \u2026 Mu\u00f1oz sends in a teasing low ball but Sarr can\u2019t get there, Riznyk collecting.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 44 min: Now it\u2019s Pino\u2019s turn to get a yellow, taking down Tob\u00edas inside Shakhtar\u2019s half.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 43 min: Richards sends in the throw for Palace but Shakhtar deal with it well enough.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 42 min: Riznyk tries to dink the ball but it deflects off Pino, pressing high up the pitch. It leads to a long-throw chance on the left \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 40 min: Riznyk collects from the corner.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 39 min: Wharton\u2019s ball beats everyone but Palace have a corner, with Lacroix waving his arms up and down to get the travelling support going.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 38 min: Tob\u00edas is a touch reckless as he slides in on Mitchell and Palace have a free-kick out on the left \u2026 yellow for the Shakhtar right-back.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 37 min: Mateta holds the ball up as Palace get moving on the counter, travelling down the left.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 35 min: Pedrinho can\u2019t find a teammate.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 34 min: Mu\u00f1oz commits a foul and Shakhtar have a free-kick from the left \u2026 Pedrinho\u2019s over it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 33 min: Mitchell has room out on the left but Palace\u2019s advance breaks down after a foul by Sarr.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 30 min: Wharton breaks free for Palace \u2013 and is pulled down by the halfway line. Ocheretko gets a yellow for his efforts.<\/p>\n Referee Felix Zwayer shows a yellow card to Shakhtar Donetsk\u2019s Oleg Ocheretko for a foul on Crystal Palace\u2019s Adam Wharton (second left). Photograph: Wojtek Radwa\u0144ski\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.50 EDT<\/p>\n 29 min: Kamada overcooks a diagonal ball searching for Mu\u00f1oz.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 28 min: Oliver Glasner barks out the orders. His side have barely had any of the ball \u2026 but Shakhtar are still waiting for their first clear-cut chance.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 27 min: Shakhtar continue to win corners \u2026 Palace continue to head them away.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 26 min: The tenacious Kau\u0101 Elias wins the ball of Pino on the wing as Shakhtar refuse to let Palace break away.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 25 min: Corner to Shakhtar \u2026 but Lacroix heads away. Richards delivers a crucial interception at the far post. Another corner it is.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 24 min: Pedro Henrique has a cross headed away as Shakhtar regain control.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 23 min: The ball breaks nicely for Kamada \u2026 but he overhits his pass. A touch of precision and Mateta would have been in for a one-on-one.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 21 min: Palace finally get a decent hold of the ball. Wharton can\u2019t cut through Shakhtar after trying to find Mu\u00f1oz.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 20 min: Here comes Pedro Henrique again, with Eguinaldo ahead of him on the left wing. But Palace\u2019s wall holds.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 17 min: Shakhtar are playing at a decent pace, not keen to aimlessly roll it around at the back. Pedro Henrique, the left-back, surges forward in search of an opening.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 16 min: Wharton is late with a challenge on Alisson Santana, who is already looking rather dangerous on the right.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 14 min: Palace are camped inside their own half and another defensive block is required from a shot inside the area.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 12 min: Alisson Santana breaks free on the right for Shakhtar, crosses and Eguinaldo nails a first-time volley \u2026 Daniel Mu\u00f1oz gets in the way. Shakhtar appeal for a handball \u2026 and well, you never know nowadays. It\u2019s not given. Turan\u2019s team are starting to look the part.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 11 min: Henderson collects a teasing inswinger.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 10 min: Pino takes a Shakhtar shirt down and the Ukrainian side have a free-kick from the right \u2026 it turns into a corner after Richards heads away.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 7 min: Pino is down by the edge of his own area. Turan\u2019s smile has gone.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 6 min: Adam Wharton threatens from the edge of the area after a tidy layoff from Sarr \u2013 Riznyk gets down low to collect, fairly comfortably. Nonetheless, Palace look very lively.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 4 min: Shakhtar get a feel of the ball at the back. They\u2019re already under the pump.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Mateta and Pino play a bit of foot-volley on the edge of the area before the Frenchman slips in Sarr, driving through the right channel. He keeps his cool inside the area and rolls the ball into the far corner. Twenty-one seconds is all it took.<\/p>\n Crystal Palace\u2019s Ismaila Sarr fires home to give the visitors a very, very early lead. Photograph: Kacper Pempel\/ReutersSarr celebrates. Photograph: Kacper Pempel\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.09 EDT<\/p>\n GOAL! Shakhtar Donestk 0-1 Crystal Palace (Sarr 1)<\/p>\n Just seconds!<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Peeeep!<\/p>\n Arda Turan\u2019s got a beaming smile on his face. Palace kick things off in this European semi-final.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The players walk out of the tunnel. Shakhtar\u2019s players each wear the Ukrainian flag.<\/p>\n The Shakhtar Donetsk and Crystal Palace players line up. Photograph: Rados\u0142aw J\u00f3\u017awiak\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.38 EDT<\/p>\n If you don\u2019t want to hang out here, this is the link for the other one:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Darijo Srna, former Croatia international and director of football at Shakhtar, speaks to TNT: <\/p>\n double quotation markI\u2019m not just sporting director. Sometimes I\u2019m father, mother, sister, brother, grandpa \u2026 we have a young team, lot of young players tonight from Brazil, they need adaptation, sometimes it\u2019s not easy during the night, rockets, sirens, but we are united, we are together. And we are here to play football. We are here to give positive emotions to the Ukrainian people tonight.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Glasner makes one change from the Palace side that started against Liverpool: Brennan Johnson is replaced by Yeremy Pino. Shakhtar have seven Brazilians in their XI, as pointed out by Glasner, speaking to TNT. \u201cIt\u2019s really awesome what we\u2019ve done together,\u201d he says of the European journey. \u201cNow it\u2019s sticking to our principles, play with confidence, trust in what we are doing.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a>The teams<\/p>\n Shakhtar Donetsk: Riznyk, Tob\u00edas, Bondar, Matviyenko, Pedro Henrique, Ocheretko, Alisson Santana, Pedrinho, Marlon Gomes, Eguinaldo, Kau\u00e3 Elias<\/p>\n Subs: Tvardovskyi, Traor\u00e9, Marlon Santos, Newertton, Isaque, Azarov, Ghram, Bondarenko, Nazaryna, Lucas Ferreira, Luca Meirelles, Obah<\/p>\n Crystal Palace: Henderson, Richards, Lacroix, Canvot, Mu\u00f1oz, Wharton, Kamada, Mitchell, Sarr, Mateta, Pino<\/p>\n Subs: Matthews, Ben\u00edtez, Lerma, Johnson, Clyne, Hughes, Strand Larsen, Sosa, Riad, Devenny, Cardines<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n There\u2019s also this interview with Turan by Nick Ames from last July to get stuck into. He\u2019s learned from the best.<\/p>\n double quotation markWith Simeone and Luis Enrique I had very valuable chats and discussions. They were excellent teachers but I also believe good students should improve on what they have been taught. I have a lot of positives in my pocket and now I\u2019m trying to put them into practice on the pitch.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n And here\u2019s Ed on Palace and Glasner, who won the Europa League at Eintracht Frankfurt in 2022.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Here\u2019s Ed Aarons\u2019 excellent piece on Shakhtar\u2019s journey.<\/p>\n double quotation markShakhtar reached the last four of the Europa League in 2016 and 2020 before Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion in 2022 changed everything. Most of the club\u2019s foreign players departed after special Fifa regulations allowed them to leave for free. Shakhtar failed with a claim for up to \u20ac50m in compensation and were forced to start from scratch.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Preamble<\/p>\n Yes, the one in Nottingham<\/a> is a tantalising fixture \u2026 but this\u2019ll be good, too, promise. Oliver Glasner has entered the final weeks of his spell at Crystal Palace with a prize still available; the club who took 120 years to win their first major trophy could make it two in two. They\u2019re in Krakow after sweeping aside Fiorentina in the quarters, a 3-0 win at home in the first leg allowing for a 2-1 loss in the second.<\/p>\n In the other corner, Arda Turan\u2019s Shakhtar Donetsk. The former Atl\u00e9tico Madrid and Turkey midfielder is on his way to a league title in his first season at the helm, with Shakhtar eyeing up their second European trophy \u2013 they won the Uefa Cup in 2009, right before the Europa League rebrand. His side are here after a 5-2 aggregate victory over AZ Alkmaar. All of their Conference League<\/a> \u201chome\u201d games this season have been played at the Henryk Reyman Municipal Stadium, owing to obvious reasons. \u201cThere is war in Ukraine and yet people live their lives,\u201d said Turan. \u201cEvery day shows that this nation never gives up.\u201d We get going at 8pm BST.<\/p>\n