Defender Shakhtar commented on the upcoming Champions League match with the English Manchester City.

- Ivan, on Wednesday the game of the year. Strongly worry?.

- I worry before every game, regardless of the opponent and the tournament. Of course, now there is more excitement. Chance is, we play at home. In Kharkov we have excellent support in the Champions League. We hope for a positive result.

- Obviously, Manchester City will play in Kharkiv half-reserve composition. Does this make life easier for Shakhtar?.

- No. They have high-level backup players. Even when Guardiola rotates in the championship of England, the reserve players are in no way inferior to the base and the drawing of the game does not change. The guys of the second line will be more motivated. So it will only become more difficult.

- Exactly will not play De Breuin. Who else would like to see on the bench: David Silva, Aguero, Fernandinho, Gabriela Jesus? Choose two!.

- Fernandinho - the brain in the center of the field, thanks to his selections and interceptions, Manchester City wins all the middle. And David Silva. This is a player with a smart pas, a vision of the field. He is over thirty, but I'm sure David Silva will play for a long time at a high level in Manchester City.

- Miner does not score less than two houses. Will this be enough with Man City?.

- The main thing is to play a zero behind, and ahead we have guys who will definitely create moments. If everything is clean behind - good!.

- Will you follow the developments in the parallel match?.

- It all depends on us, not on Napoli. We first of all must decide the fate of the second tour, and not rely on Feyenoord.

- What is Tyson's state?.

- He is still on a pause, pulled the same back of the thigh. But must recover to play.

- If Shakhtar goes to the playoffs, Fonseca promised that he would come to a press conference in the costume of Zorro. I understand that you will lease your suit to him?.

- If we go out, we can do anything.. A suit, of course, lend it!.

"Will you take a bribe?".

- With the coach? So he then took me from me (laughs)? !!.

- Shakhtar played brilliantly in Napoli until the goal of Insigne. The final score is the result of one moment?.

- Before the missed ball, we played great, did not sit back, created moments. But the sudden shot of Insinje in the far-away nine broke us morally, and they were awakened. We did not deserve this result. At least one goal we have played. If you did not miss the ball from Insigne, the intrigue would remain until the end of the game.

- Fonseca built the game with "Napoli" on the total pressure of the opponent. And it seemed that the minute to the 65th Shakhtar had exhausted the energy limit. Is it so?.

- It's true. Napoli now has a very strong team. They play programmed, all players act compactly, the center of the field is saturated. Every player knows his role. If you compare Napoli with Manchester City, the British ahead of improvise - Aguero, Jesus, De Breuin, Silva. Napoli is a more united team. In the second half we sat down, because we were tired of controlling the ball "Napoli". We did not adjust to them, all the time we pressed and we ourselves well came out from under pressure. However, Napoli every match is so compact. They brought their game to perfection.

"What's the difference between Insigne and Mertens?".

- Insigne - straight-line football player. He always shifts to the center, takes the ball under his right foot, never goes under the left. He played closer to Bogdan Butko, who managed to insure his right leg ... To the missed ball.

- And what did Feyenoord remember? Is there a player you can allocate?.

- First of all, Feyenoord remembered his fans. Their audience is strong, driving Feyenoord forward. When a team misses, fans support it. Regarding the artist, I sing Jorgensen. With high growth, he has a fairly good technique. In Holland, he played himself so, but in Kharkov played more aggressively and scored the ball. In the middle of the field they had a black guy. Vilena, in my opinion.

- Shakhtar in the Champions League and the Ukrainian Championship are two different Miners, on maxima and minima?.

- In the championship, the Miner always controls the game, against us they play closed. In the Champions League a completely different football. The opponent presses you, nobody closes, football is open. Therefore visually it seems that in the championship of Ukraine we give less forces. This is not so, in the Ukrainian championship we are even more difficult to play, because it is not easy to reveal the opponent's rich defense.

- The miner misses a lot this season - as much as Vorskla (without taking into account the Sunday match Poltava. - Red. ), and more than Veres. What is the reason for this?.

- Defensive actions of the team. Only the fault is not only defense, but the whole team. We try to eliminate this shortcoming through training, but something, apparently, we do not do so. Hence, the rivals are well studying our style of play on the defensive. We need to follow the actions of the attackers more.

- Is not it early to release the coachman?.

- Sasha - an experienced football player, for many years showed a stable game in the defense of the Miner. But sooner or later, it's not for me to judge.

Valery Prigornitsky, journal Football Recall, a match of the Champions League Shakhtar - Manchester City will be held in Kharkov on December 6. Text-based online broadcast of the match will be available on Football. ua at 21:35.