Brest upset by Shakhtar Donetsk

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By: Manu Tournoux

Brest upset by Shakhtar Donetsk

It will be complicated for Stade Brestois to advance directly to the round of 16 of the Champions League. The Breton club lost (2-0) against the Ukrainians Shakhtar Donetsk, at the Arena auf Schalke in Gelsenkirchen.

Macedo (18th) and Sudakov (37th, from the penalty spot) scored during the first period of this early evening meeting. Thanks to this victory, Marino Pusic's men have seven points and move up to 27th place in the general ranking of the prestigious competition.

As for the Bretons, they are now provisionally in eleventh place, with thirteen units. During the final day of this first phase of C1, Eric Roy's players will host Real Madrid on January 29 and will try to validate their ticket for the play-offs.

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