The new coach will be on Shakhtar’s coaching bench in the match against Barcelona
Midfielder Shakhtar Georgy Sudakov spoke about the upcoming group stage match Champions League With Barcelona. The midfielder managed to meet the team’s new head coach Marino Pusic.
“The emotions from the new coach are positive, everyone was amazed. This is a good and positive person. From the ideas he gave us in 15 minutes, we understood his style of football. In 15 minutes we understood more than 3 months before.”
“I hope we have a very good path ahead. We believe in this. The players have complete confidence in the new coach. I hope we have success with him.”
“We are not favorites for tomorrow’s match, but we will go out to play football, play with the ball. We understand who Barcelona is and what it represents in this world. But we have very good qualities, we need to be confident in ourselves. I hope we can show our football tomorrow to make the fans happy.”
“I can’t say that we are afraid to play against anyone. We do not have that. We want to play against the strongest teams. Last year we showed a very good performance in the matches against Real Madrid. These are the matches we go to throughout our lives. Playing against Barcelona is my dream. I don’t even want to think about fear, I want to have fun. It will be very difficult.”
“War is very difficult for all of us. We found her in Kyiv. During the war, my child was born. This is very difficult, because now we travel a lot, I hardly see my child and wife. But at the same time, this is additional motivation for our players. Considering what is happening in Ukraine, we turn a blind eye to all our moves. We want to show the whole country how important it is to fight not only on the battlefield, but also on the football field.”
Earlier, Shakhtar officially announced the appointment of Marino Pusic as head coach. Gornyakov sporting director Dario Srna said that the new coach will be on the coaching bench with him in the match with Barcelona.
The Blue Garnets’ match against the Ukrainian champion will take place at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona on Wednesday, October 25. The meeting starts at 19:45 Kyiv time. The match will be judged by the Slovak team of referees led by Ivan Kruzljak.
Shakhtar is in third place in Group H with three points. Barcelona leads the quartet with two wins in two matches.
Source: Sportarena
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