Donetsk "Shakhtar" in the current Champions League campaign has earned its first points, secured its first victory, and scored its first goals. On Wednesday at the RSK "Olimpiyskyi" in Donetsk, the Scottish "Celtic" was crushed 3:0. All three goals were scored by the team's Brazilian legionnaires. Matuzalem scored twice and Brandao struck the Scots' goal once.\n\nEven before the game, the match "Shakhtar" – "Celtic" was dubbed a battle for survival in European competitions; the talk was primarily about the struggle between these teams for third place in the group, which grants the right to participate in the UEFA Cup. However, we can assume that the miners may very well contend for one of the tickets to the next round of the Champions League. And although "Milan," which after defeating "Barcelona" has accumulated 9 points, will hardly be caught by Lucescu's charges, they could compete with "Barcelona," especially since the Catalans still have a match in Donetsk ahead. Nevertheless, to build such rosy plans, the "miners" need to defeat "Celtic" in Scotland on November 2.\n\nBut let us move directly to today's game. The Scots did not particularly surprise anyone. Traditionally for their football, the guests were more convincing in aerial play and physical duels. Overall, the first half turned out to be a kind of sighting scenario for a livelier second half. Over the 45 minutes, only a few shots from both teams were memorable. Thus, in the 23rd minute, Rats struck from a free kick from about 23 meters, aiming for the far corner of the goal, but the "Celtic" goalkeeper turned the ball away for a corner. We should also note Tymoshchuk's cannon shot from long range, in the path of which Chris Sutton found himself, collapsing as if after a boxer's punch, having been in a knockdown. Although, if not for the Scottish player, it is quite possible that Tymoshchuk's shot would have been effective, since at that moment the "Celtic" goalkeeper was screened by his own defenders.\n\nThe most realistic chance to open the scoring in this game came in the second added minute of the first half to Andriy Vorobey, whose header from a measured pass by Stoican landed just wide of the post. For the guests, the most dangerous was John Hartson, who despite his powerful physique easily beat "Shakhtar" defenders with his speed and several times with battering-ram methods practically went one-on-one with Lashtuvka. In one instance, Hartson with a shot on the turn from about 10 meters hit slightly over the crossbar.\n\nOverall, in the first half "Shakhtar" looked more dominant, managing swift attacks with both flanks involved, though there was no one to score. The guests in attack played long passes addressed to the same Hartson and Camara.\n\nThe start of the second half, or more precisely its 57th minute, was marked by a quite logical but somewhat unexpected goal by Matuzalem. Agahowa and Vorobey organized an assault on Marshall's goal, but the Nigerian forward slipped at the last moment and the ball bounced to Matuzalem, who with a shot from about 24 meters struck the "Celtic" goal. Admittedly, the ball deflected off a Scottish defender's leg.\n\nAfter the goal, complete dominance was already on "Shakhtar's" side, which, supported by a 25-thousand-strong armada of fans, continued to terrorize the defense of O'Neill's team. Five minutes later, Matuzalem scored a "brace" in this game. In the Brazilian's second goal, great credit goes to Vukić, who, drawing three "Celtic" defenders toward himself, delivered a jewel of a pass to Matuzalem, who beat Varga with pace and with a dagger-like shot sent the ball into the net past Marshall – it was now 2:0.\n\n"Celtic's" counterattack could well have interrupted the miners' euphoria. Camara at the corner of the goalkeeper's area won the struggle for the ball against Berkeuane and shot point-blank at Lashtuvka, but the Donetsk goalkeeper parried this shot, however the ball bounced to Hartson, who from 10 meters shot over the goal.\n\nNext, we should pay a compliment to Mircea Lucescu, who got his substitution 100% right. Instead of Vorobey in the 75th minute, Brandao came on, and just three minutes later he put the final point in this encounter. Near "Celtic's" penalty area, Brandao won the struggle for the aerial ball and headed it down to Matuzalem, who played a one-two with Vukić, who in turn delivered an accurate pass to Brandao, sending him one-on-one with Marshall, and the Brazilian did not miss, shooting into the corner of the goal to make the score 3:0.\n\nIn the remaining minutes, "Celtic" tried to score at least a consolation goal, but in vain. "Shakhtar," having tasted victory, frankly, was just playing out the match, in which it earned a deserved win.\n\nGroup F\n\n"Shakhtar" (Ukraine) - "Celtic" (Scotland) - 3:0\nGoals: Matuzalem 57, 62, Brandao 75.\nShakhtar: 16. Jan Lashtuvka, 2. Cosmin Berkeuane, 14. Flavius Stoican, 4. Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, 9. Matuzalem, 10. Zvonimir Vukić, 18. Mariusz Lewandowski, 26. Razvan Dinca Rats, 11. Andriy Vorobey, (25. Brandao 75), 17. Julius Agahowa, (33. Darijo Srna, 82), 29. Ciprian Marica (6. Ihor Duljaj, 46)\nCeltic: 22. David Marshall, 6. Bobo Balde, 23. Stanislav Varga, 4. Jackie McNamara, (44. Stephen McManus, 31), 7. Juninho Paulista, (46. Aiden McGeady, 71), 17. Didier Agathe, 18. Neil Lennon, 19. Stiliyan Petrov, 9. Chris Sutton, (33. Ross Wallace, 46), 10. John Hartson, 27. Henri Camara\n\nStandings: 1. "Milan" - 9 points. 2. "Barcelona" - 6. 3. "SHAKHTAR" - 3. 4. "Celtic" - 0.