Hoffenheim had a good Champions League debut in Donetsk on Wednesday night, almost grabbing a win against hosts Shakhtar. Julian Naggelmann’s side unleashed relentless waves of direct attacking football upon the opposing lines and have scored already on 6th minute with fine efforts by Florian Grillitsch. Left-back Ismaily have equalized before the break as he turned his impressive run into the smart goal. It was Hoffenheim who took the lead again before the break and later in the game created a lot of good chances to score way more, but the hosts did well to hold German side and then to rescue a draw with Maycon wonder strike. Final score – 2:2.
- In the Champions League round Shakhtar will face Lyon and Hoffenheim will play against Manchester City