published: thursday 20 february 2014, 22.54cet fc viktoria plzeň 1-1 fc shakhtar donetsk
luiz adriano cancelled out stanislav tecl's opener in the space of two minutes to leave the pitmen an away-goal advantage.
luiz adriano cancelled out stanislav tecl's opener in the space of two second-half minutes to leave fc shakhtar donetsk with an away-goal advantage over fc viktoria plzeň in the uefa europa league round of 32.
the czech champions barely had time to celebrate taking the lead in this battle of the uefa champions league refugees when shakhtar captain darijo srna's long ball over the top had them scampering, luiz adriano bringing the ball down before clipping a shot past matúš kozáčik. ıt could easier have got worse for plzeň, alex teixeira bending a shot around the post after a buccaneering sally down the right a few minutes later.
neither side had played a competitive game since december, and both looked relieved to have the chance to burn off pent up energy. douglas costa set the tone for a first-half that was big on stylish groundwork but lacking in finishing touches inside five minutes, shimmying through two defenders before sending a shot wide. taison then received some hard stares from his team-mates, looping the ball wide after a quick-fire shakhtar move left him with a more-or-less unguarded net to aim at.
plzeň, though, are no lightweights in this competition. pavel horváth – 39 in april – came close to a brilliant opener after spotting andriy pyatov fractionally too far off his line in the first half, but his effort from out on the right dipped just over the crossbar. ıt was the midfield talisman's delivery from a free-kick that triggered plzeň's opener, marián Čišovský nodding the ball down for stanislav tecl to head over the line on 62 minutes.
those celebrations were soon cut short, though dušan uhrin jr had reason to be satisfied with a draw in his first game in charge, the pitmen stretching their hosts more and more in the closing stages.
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