Soccer-Shakhtar beat Antwerp 1-0 to keep Champions League hopes alive

Soccer Football - Champions League - Group H - Shakhtar Donetsk v Royal Antwerp - Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany - November 28, 2023 Royal Antwerp's Chidera Ejuke in action with Shakhtar Donetsk's Artem Bondarenko REUTERS/Cathrin Mueller

HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Shakhtar Donetsk defender Mykola Matviyenko's glancing header secured a 1-0 win over Royal Antwerp on Tuesday to keep alive their hopes of a last-16 Champions League spot.

The Ukrainians, who play in Hamburg, dominated the first half in the Group H clash, scoring in the 12th minute after Oleksandr Zubkov's cross headed was headed in by Matviyenko.