Shakhtyor 2-1 Dynamo Kiev

After drawing 1-1 in the first leg, Shakhtyour went in front after 17 minutes when midfielder Rodrigues Jadson slotted in from just outside the area. 
Ognjen Vukojevic had a goal disallowed as Dynamo fought back and soon after the break they levelled when Guinea striker Ismael Bangoura converted Olexandr Aliyev's fine pass. 
With the match seemingly destined for extra-time Ilsinho won it in superb fashion, jinking in from the right and keeping his cool to shoot into the bottom corner. 
In the process, Shakhtar became the first Ukraine team to reach the Uefa Cup final.

Shakhtar Donetsk: Pyatov, Srna, Ischenko, Chigrinsky, Rat, Ilsinho (Lewandowski 90), Hubschman, Gai (Willian 70), Fernandinho, Jadson, Luiz Adriano (Gladkyy 70).Subs Not Used: Khudzamov, Duljaj, Seleznyov, Chyzhov.

Booked: Hubschman, Gladkyy.

Goals: Jadson 17, Ilsinho 88. 

Dynamo Kiev: Bogush, Betao, Sablic, Yussuf, El Kaddouri, Eremenko (Correa 75), Vukojevic, Ninkovic, Bangoura, Aliev, Milevskiy.
Subs Not Used: Shovkovskiy, Ghioane, Kravchenko, Nesmachniy, Zozulya, Yarmolenko. 
Booked: El Kaddouri, Bangoura, Aliev, Vukojevic. 
Goals: Bangoura 47. 

Att: 24,000. 
Ref: Olegario Benquerenca (Portugal)
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Shakhtyor - Dynamo Kiev

One my friend said: "Chelsea is cursed!". I think this is the same as Terry's slipping in Moscow. They start to look like Inter Milan in the near past. But, at the end, hats off for Barca's performances, will be a great game in Rome. Two Uefa cup games today.

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Sounds little unreal, two Ukrainian clubs play in semi-final. Shakhtyor is in great expansion since Rinat Akhmetov took a charge in a club. They permanently play Champions League. This season they were third in a group and continued competition in Uefa Cup where eliminated Tottenhem, CSKA and Marseille. This semi-final is fully deserved. In the first game they made a very good result. 1-1 made them a favorites before tonight's game. The most part of the game, they were in subordinate position, but Fernandinho's equalizer gives them an advantage. Beside suspended Oleksandr Kucher, Mircea Lucescu has a full squad available. I expect they'll try to score early and finish the job, instead keeping the advantage.

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Dynamo is still dominant in Ukrain, won another champions title. In the first game, they were dominant, missed a lots of chances in the first half and punishment came after. Now, they have just a draw with conceded goal. Have to attack, but it is way that will leave some space for the hosts. Additional problem for Yuri Semin is missing players. Kravets, Myhalyk and Rincon are out, while Guilherme is in doubt. I think, Dynamo is not without a chance. They know how to play against Shakhtyor and will try to score in the first part of the game. Then everything would be possible.

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Shakhtyor is a slight favorite, but I don't want to underestimate the visitors. These two are the big rivals, stake is final and I expect a real war. My choice are goals with excellent odds. Betfair offers 2.44, while Bwin as the most of the others 2.20. Over.

Cup edge to Hamburg and Shakhtar

An away goal from Piotr Trochowski earned Hamburg a 1-0 win in their all-German Uefa Cup semi-final first leg against Werder Bremen. 
Trochowski rose at the far post to head in a Guy Demel cross in the first half. 
Hugo Almeida missed a couple of good chances for Bremen who contributed much to a superb game.

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Shakhtar Donetsk came away the happier from the all-Ukrainian Uefa Cup semi-final first leg after grabbing a vital away goal in a 1-1 draw at Dynamo Kiev.An important away goal from Brazilian striker Fernandinho earned Shakhtar Donetsk a draw in the first leg of the all-Ukrainian semi-final at the Valeri Lobanovskiy stadium against Dynamo Kiev . 
Kiev took the lead after 20 minutes when Olexandr Aliev's long-range free-kick deflected off Ismael Bangoura's instep across goal to the far post where Chygrynskiy - marking Kiev striker Artem Milevskiy - unfortunately deflected the ball into his own net.
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Boring Thursday (short view)

Uefa Cup, semi-finals today. In the first game we'll watch two Ukrainian sides (who expected that?). Dynamo Kiev is a leader in domain league with 12 points more than Shakhtyor. After Tottenham, home side eliminated Metalurg and PSG. Boss Yuri Semin have all key players available. Shakhtyor is having a big expansion since Rinat Akhmetov took a charge in club. Thankfully to disaster season start, they lost every chance for Europe competition next year. They surprisingly eliminated CSKA Moscow first, than Olympique Marseille. Mircea Lucescu keeps his keys in domain league and their European games are much different. I don't dare to predict anything here. Bookies fancy under as the odds against the goals are really low. 

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In second game, two German clubs will fight for final. In the previous week, they played a national cup game in Hamburg. Werder was a better side after the penalties. In their mutual games, usually hosts have an advantage. Big relief for a home side is Diego has fully recovered and fit. Schaaf and Jol announced formations with one man in attack, Pizarro on one and Olic on other side. Hamburg lost very good striker, Mladen Petric and he'll miss both games, maybe the rest of the season. Considering bookies offer, Werder is a slight favorite and over is expected. Personally, I fancy away side (though their decreasing shape), but I won't support that opinion with a money.

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I don't dare to predict anything here, won't force any bet, wasting the time and money, and I'm taking a break. I should do that three days ago. Anyway, I guess there are some football fans between "Football Betting (and More)" readers, so I'll post later the third and the last part about Football casuals and casual culture.

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Cheers, Dule.