Before their first match in the new season, the "miners" received medals for the past championship.

"We want to say thank you to our families who spend a huge amount of time without us, while we are at the training camps or playing away matches. The main thing is for each of us to win the championship, "- said Stepanenko.

"Of course, it would be nicer to get medals in the Donbass arena, in the circle of native fans".

"Defeat from Dynamo spoiled the mood a little. But we need to move on, everything in advance, we still have a lot of games, events, emotions ".

Recall that Shakhtar lost Dynamo in the final of the Super Cup of Ukraine with a score of 0: 1.

On July 25, the Fonseca team will play the first match in the new season of ULP against the Desna. On Football. ua a text-based online broadcast of the match will be available.