http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2011/02/17/can-shakhtar-donetsk-gatecrash-western-europe%e2%80%99s-party/ World Soccer views and news Sat, 25 May 2013 23:13:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2011/02/17/can-shakhtar-donetsk-gatecrash-western-europe%e2%80%99s-party/comment-page-1/#comment-356927 red_devil Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:56:20 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/?p=18151#comment-356927 I think you will find Shakhtar a rather tough nut to crack at home, Mark. A fervent home crowd combined with probably sub-zero temperatures will make it very difficult for Roma. Arsenal beat them 5-1 at the Emirates in the group stage but went down 2-1 in the Donbass Arena and the defeat ultimately cost them the top spot in the group, the tie with Barcelona being their "reward." I tip Shakhtar to go through. I think you will find Shakhtar a rather tough nut to crack at home, Mark. A fervent home crowd combined with probably sub-zero temperatures will make it very difficult for Roma. Arsenal beat them 5-1 at the Emirates in the group stage but went down 2-1 in the Donbass Arena and the defeat ultimately cost them the top spot in the group, the tie with Barcelona being their “reward.” I tip Shakhtar to go through.

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2011/02/17/can-shakhtar-donetsk-gatecrash-western-europe%e2%80%99s-party/comment-page-1/#comment-356924 MarkMeadows Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:38:57 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/?p=18151#comment-356924 They were good but one goal was a big deflection and Riise gifted them the third. Roma are so inconsistent I can see them going there and winning 2-0 They were good but one goal was a big deflection and Riise gifted them the third. Roma are so inconsistent I can see them going there and winning 2-0

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