There are those who will instinctively dislike Shakhtar because they are oligarch-driven, but it is hard to believe any oligarch has driven his club was well as Rinat Akhmetov. He has shown great patience, giving Mircea Lucescu six years to construct a squad that plays intelligent, attacking football, and has supplanted Dynamo Kyiv as Ukraine's pre-eminent team, winning four of the past six titles.
Guardian Correspondent Jonathan Wilson's review of eastern European football. Shaktar Donetsk faces Roma in the round of 16 of the Champions League.
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