On Wednesday, July 19, at the Kiev Opera Hotel, the official presentation of the new director of the Academy of Miners, Jorge Raffo. The club's general director, Sergey Palkin, handed the Argentinean specialist a T-shirt.

Earlier, the Argentinian worked in the Academy of Barcelona in Argentina.

"I think together we can achieve the goal, so that the Academy of Miners will be the best in Europe. I'm sure, taking as a basis the methodology of Barcelona's work on the education of young players, we will achieve the result and qualitatively prepare the players for the first team, "Raffo quotes the official website of the Miner.

"I understand that a person who moves to a new country, faces a different culture, a mentality. We will try to achieve that gradually to train players properly, and they showed their creativity, they were executors of different styles, acted on all possible positions. We will improve their characteristics. This will not only affect the team as a whole, but will also help the children themselves to progress, which will allow them to be in the first team. This is the goal of preparing any young player ".

"Barcelona over the years has developed a certain philosophy and subsequently implemented it. The famous generation of Barcelona, ??which has been fruitful for almost a decade, was created almost 30 years ago. Nevertheless, I am sure that even one day is a step forward. In the near future we will see that Shakhtar wishes to do such steps ".

"I heard about Shakhtar for the first time? For me, the starting point was 2009: then Shakhtar became the owner of the UEFA Cup. In that season, "miners" loudly declared themselves. By the way, on Saturday the team won the Super Bowl of Ukraine, and on Sunday, as my friends and family told me, the Argentine television showed the repetitions of the goals scored in this fight. I think that in recent years Shakhtar has become the most famous and recognizable club in Ukraine. I note the quality of players who come to the club in particular from Latin America, and the results. Also important in terms of fame is the constant participation of Donetsk players in the Champions League ".