The captain of Shakhtar Donetsk summarized the results of the game against Celtic in the group stage of the Champions League.
Shakhtar will do everything to beat Leipzig in the next round of the Champions League group stage and reach the knockout stages of the tournament. This is what Pitmen captain Taras Stepanenko said after the Celtic match. The footballer also expressed satisfaction with the draw obtained in Glasgow, as it gave the Ukrainian team the football Eurospring.
“This match was difficult for us and for Celtic. The opponents played well in attack and pressing, it was very difficult for us. However, we waited for our chance and scored a goal. we also had a chance to score second, but this is football. We achieved a good result, now we will have eurospring.
Beat Leipzig and reach the Champions League playoffs – why not? At the beginning of the group stage, no one thought that we would be able to show such a result. We can get it and we have a chance to continue playing in the Champions League. We have played well against Leipzig and now we can play the same at home. We had a good game against Real Madrid. Either way, there will be a fight. We have a young, strong team, and we are going to victory,” Shakhtar’s official website quoted Stepanenko as saying.
Recall that Shakhtar played a draw with Scottish Celtic in Glasgow and thereby secured at least third place in the group and participation in European competitions in the spring.
The match between Shakhtar and RB Leipzig will take place on Wednesday, November 2, in Poland. The match will start at 19.45 Kyiv time.
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