Shakhtar vs Celtic will take place on 14 September in Warsaw
Donetsk Shakhtar head coach Igor Jovichevich commented on the upcoming match of the second round of the Champions League group stage against Celtic. The Pitmen’s coach stressed that the opponent is now in good shape.
“Now we are talking about a new team that, with a new head coach, is doing very well in the Scottish Championship. They look convincing, they play dynamic, aggressive, combination football of an attacking type. At least tomorrow it will be hard for us to resist in desire, dynamics, struggle, martial arts, but we cannot give in.
“Nervousness is always there. I think that’s what keeps you moving forward. There is adrenaline, sports fear, and without fear there is no courage and courage. Tomorrow we have a tough game ahead of us, in the game against Leipzig we showed what this team is capable of, but our young team is still building up and building a winning mentality through such tough matches and we want to continue that. At least in this match, everyone should play like in the match with Leipzig, so that not a single player falls out, but shows his best game in his career.”
“Tomorrow we will play with an opponent who is in very good shape. I think there are several options to win this match both with the ball and without the ball.
“In the last match against Chernomorets, we had possession of the ball 70% of the time, but did not score three or four goals, and there were difficulties. And in the game against Leipzig, the possession was 39%, but we played a crazy match and took advantage of the space. The question is what we do and how effectively we do it in the period when we have the ball.
“I repeat: we are waiting for a tough match, but we want to have fun and convince ourselves that we can once again play at the same level as against Leipzig. There is a good atmosphere in the team, everyone is ready for tomorrow’s match, but for everything to end positively, many factors need to coincide. We are ready and we can!”
“I hope there will be a full house. I would like to get the push and energy from the fans to fight from the first minutes to the last, thinking about victory and how to achieve it. They should be proud of our fighting qualities – we will play for the fans. Everything is not in the best conditions right now, and many of those who will be at the stadium tomorrow are experiencing difficulties, we understand this.”
“Tomorrow we will play not only for Shakhtar, but also for the fans. I hope that tomorrow we will have a successful match together, even though we are not favorites in any Champions League game, the favorites are Leipzig, Celtic and Real Madrid. We are modest, we understand what we are capable of, but if there is energy from the fan, then nothing is impossible in football. We believe in victory.”
The match of the second round of the group stage of the Champions League Shakhtar – Celtic will take place on September 14 in Warsaw at the stadium of the Polish Army. The start is at 19:45. The main arbiter of the meeting will be the Swede Glenn Nyberg.
Source: Sportarena
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