Strand Larsen insists Palace will not over-celebrate semi-final first-leg win - Soccer News
Crystal Palace secured a 3-1 lead against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Conference League semi-final, with Jorgen Strand Larsen scoring his first goal in the competition.
How Shakhtar keep signing so many Brazilians amid ongoing Ukraine conflict
Shakhtar Donetsk continues operating during Russia's invasion of Ukraine by relying on a 20-year strategy of signing young Brazilian players for development and profitable transfers to elite European clubs.
Displaced Shakhtar remain ominous opponents for Aberdeen
Donbas Arena lies abandoned and structurally damaged after conflict, while Ukrainian football continues in safer western cities under wartime constraints and empty stadiums.
Right now all of us lose': Shakhtar claim Ukrainian Cup in glimpse of past life
"It's the first time in years that we've all been together in numbers like this," says one of them, Taras, whose organisation sends equipment to soldiers at the front.