Shakthar Donestk vs Benfica Live Online

Watch Shakthar Donestk vs Benfica Live online via the live football online at www.oleolefootball.com . Shakthar Donestk go into the last round of group D matches against Benfica with their qualifying aspirations hanging by a thread. In order to qualify, Shakthar need to win against Benfica at home and hope that Celtic drop all three points away at Milan.In that event,Shakthar and Celtic would be level on nine points each and Shakthar would qualify on the basis of a better head to head record.

Shakthar started their campaign brightly with a 3-1 home win against Celtic and went one better away against Benfica. Jadson netted in the winner in a fine away 1-0 win away and things looked bright for the Ukrainian club then.However,three consecutive losses on the trot have taken the shine of their campaign and they would be looking to set thins aright at home with a victory and hope that Milan do them a favour at the SanSiro.

Benfica drew their last game 1-1 against Milan at home, with Maxi scoring one of the best goals of the campaign so far. But the end result wasn’t good enough for Benfica and they bowed out of the Champions league at an early stage.However,the Turkish outfit would not be short of incentive ahead of this clash. A victory in Donetsk would lift them above Shakhtar into third place, thus giving them entry into the last 32 of the UEFA Cup.

Shakthar have never qualified for the Champions league knockout stages in their three appearances in 200/01,2004/05 and 2006/07.They went into the last round of last seasons matches in a similar position : they needed to win their match at Olympiacos and hope that Roma to lose at home to Valencia CF. As it was, they drew their game and Roma won.

The last round of group D matches are being played a week early because of Milan's participation in the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan.

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