The German league really has improved a lot, it seems.
They overtook the Italians in the UEFA country league rankings, and I believe they might just be on their way to overtake the English, too, soon.
Borussia Dortmund, a team that has almost zero chances and fewer than zero hopes of winning their national title this year, is outplaying every opponent, by far, in this year's Champions League. And we're talking opponents such as Real Madrid (aka the La Liga current champions), the English champions from last year, the team that eliminated last year's Champions League champions, and the Dutch current champions. (Okay, that last one isn't saying much at all, but everything else is still impressive.)
I thought a team that is crushing almost everybody in Ukrainian football, including their bitter rivals, would put up a better fight against a Dortmund team seemingly on the decline. (They were champions in the previous two seasons, in Germany, but they won't be this year, unless a miracle occurs.)
Santana (in minute 31), Gotze (37) and Blaszczykowski (59) scored to make for a crushing defeat, but a large part of that was due to poor defending from the Ukrainian team. (Or should I say "Brazilian team made in Ukraine"?)
To comment on the last goal, Pyatov cannot remain the uncontested goalkeeper for the Ukrainian national team with such poor handling of the ball.
Shakhtar started their Champions League campaign with a bang and ended with a whimper.
And Germany might, very likely, have three teams in the quarter-finals. Schalke is basically in the same situation as Borussia, but against Galatasaray (- probably a weaker team than Shakhtar -), while Bayern is as good as qualified, because Arsenal has to score three goals at the Allianz Arena to even have a chance.
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