Shakhtar — Best pictures!

Marco Devic (pictured left), the Metalist Kharkiv midfielder, tops the rating in the Ukrainian league with 77.65 points. He grabbed the lead after Metalist’s 1:0 win over Vorska Poltava in which Devic scored the only goal.

Two Ukrainian sides--Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk--will clash in one of this year’s UEFA Cup semi-finals after they brushed aside French clubs Paris Saint-Germain (3:0) and Marseille (2:1), respectively.

CSKA Moscow lost 0:2 at home to Shakhtar Donetsk in the second leg of its UEFA Cup 1/8 finals and has exited the competition. CSKA displayed extreme anxiety during the entire game, and the “miners” from Donetsk knew how to use the situation to their advantage.

CSKA Moscow’s opponent in the UEFA Cup Shakhtar Donetsk won a laborious victory of over Illichevets of Mariupol in Ukrainian Premier League action. Manager Mircea Lucescu saw his squad trough to a 2-1 win thanks to two goals by Aleksiy Hai and Darijo