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112.ua: UEFA Champions League – Shakhtar to host AS Roma in Kharkiv

By 112.ua.

Published Feb. 21, 2018 at 10:51 am

Shakhtar Donetsk's Argentinian forward Facundo Ferreyra (L) celebrates withhis teammates after scoring during the UEFA Europa League football match between Shakhtar Donetsk and KAA Gent at the Arena Lviv stadium in Lviv on October 20, 2016.

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Shakhtar Donetsk is to cross swords with AS Roma in the Round of last 16 of UEFA Champions League. The home game for Shakhtar will be held at Metalist arena in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, on February 21 evening.

Both teams are in decent shape, having won recent games in their respective national leagues. Interestingly, both coaches, Eusebio di Francesco and Paulo Fonseca, estimate their chances for success as 50/50.