BASEL, Switzerland, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Ukrainian champions Shakhtar Donetsk made a convincing start to their Champions League Group C campaign on Tuesday with a comfortable 2-1 win at FC Basel.
Seeking to make it past the tournament's group stage for the first time in five attempts, Mircea Lucescu's side took control of the match in the first half with two long-range free-kicks from Brazilian midfielders Fernandinho and Jadson.
Basel coach Christian Gross made two half-time substitutions including the introduction of an extra striker but it was the visitors who continued to dominate.
Defender Vyacheslav Shevchuk came close to adding a third goal with another long range effort that came back off the post before Basel's Argentine defender David Abraham turned in a consolation goal with seconds of stoppage time remaining.
Seeking to make it past the tournament's group stage for the first time in five attempts, Mircea Lucescu's side took control of the match in the first half with two long-range free-kicks from Brazilian midfielders Fernandinho and Jadson.
Basel coach Christian Gross made two half-time substitutions including the introduction of an extra striker but it was the visitors who continued to dominate.
Defender Vyacheslav Shevchuk came close to adding a third goal with another long range effort that came back off the post before Basel's Argentine defender David Abraham turned in a consolation goal with seconds of stoppage time remaining.
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