Valery believes that his team deserved the victory over Barcelona
Centerback of Donetsk Shakhtar Valery Bondar after the victory over Barcelona (1:0) in the fourth round of the group stage of the Champions League, he focused on the incredible support from the fans.
“We looked at the match and the coach, as always, was very tactical about it and that’s why we tried to do what we were told before the game at half-time. But we played against Barcelona, and of course the second half was not the same as our first.”
“But we tried to play, tried to offer our game, our match. We won and got three points. Let’s move on.”
“Damage to Sican? I don’t know exactly what his diagnosis is. I hope everything will be fine because he is a very important player for our team.”
“In fact, we can say that we probably had even more scoring chances. Matvienko in the first half, we scored a goal. Then Neverton had a moment, if I’m not mistaken. Also at Gio’s. Then they could take advantage of the space, but maybe somewhere they no longer had the strength and tried to maintain the result that they had.”
“Many thanks to our fans who came to the stadium. And not ours. We really felt their support. Before the game, we were greeted somehow differently than Barcelona, but then in the match we heard that they were rooting for us, they were pushing us forward to victory,” Bondar said.
Shakhtar are third in Group H with six points after four rounds. In the next round, the Miners will host Antwerp. The match will take place on November 28.
Source: Sportarena
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