Pyunik V Shakhtar
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July 31 2007
Pyunik the Armenian champions is playing champions league qualification
match against team with much bigger name and tradition in European
football, the Ukrainian vice champion Shakhtar Donetsk.
Pyunik in the first round eliminated Irish champion Derry City but
in the first match in Ireland Deryy City was much better opponent.
Pyunik today will have very tough job playing against strong team like
Shakhtar, team with huge experience in European Cups, especially in
the past few years.
Shakhtar had very busy transfer window, buying some great players,
Castillo from Olympiakos (although he won’t play today) Lucarelli
from Livorno, some promising young player Gladkiy, Ilsinho from
Sao Paolo….
They lost some important players too, Elano, Marica and Matuzalem
have left the club, but still with these enforcements Shakhtar is
very strong team and much stronger than their host team. Three years
ago in this qualification round these teams played against each other
and Shakhtar won both matches.