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After the winter break, the second half of the Ukrainian championship season began over the weekend. Impressively debuted in the championship - a Lithuanian player scored a spectacular goal against the country's champion Donetsk "Shakhtar" and along with Audrius Veikutis and Andrius Jokus helped the Simferopol team "Tavria" to earn a point.
The 28-year-old former Vilnius "Vėtra" player, and his two compatriots who played for Marijampolė's "Sūduva" last season and represented Vilnius "Žalgiris", signed a contract with the "Tavria" club in mid-February. On Sunday, all three players were already in the starting lineup for the match against "Shakhtar", who held the second position in the country's championship.
In the first half of the match played in Donetsk, one of the visitors' chances was created by A. Jokus, after whose pass Aleksandras Kovpakas struck the ball into the goal with his head. Nevertheless, the first to stand out in his debut match was N. Vasiliauskas - in the 50th minute after a pass from Vyacheslav Vishnevsky, the Lithuanian located on the left side of the penalty area sent the ball into the top corner of the goal with a great one-touch shot.
With his team unexpectedly falling behind, "Shakhtar" coach Mircea Lucescu sent striker Brandao onto the field, and in the 78th minute, after Sergei Snitko handled the ball in the penalty area, it was precisely the legionnaire from Brazil who took responsibility. Although his shot was saved by the "Tavria" goalkeeper Sasha Todic, the first one to reach the ball, Polish player Mariusz Lewandowski, equalized the score.
The tension grew, and in the 87th minute, A. Veikutis received a yellow card, and right at the end of the match, "Shakhtar" defend
