Commentary from the Ukrainian historian.

Shakhtar's defender Valeriy Bondar spoke to journalists before the match with Young Boys.

" In principle, as always in our rhythm, if there are matches of the Champions League, the Ukrainian Cup Championship. Ale I decided to prefer even after the last match with Chornomorets, if I don’t grab it, it will take a lot of time for our rhythm, for what we can tolerate. That’s why I’m ready for all 100 hundred thousand, and so is our team. We’re ready to show what we’re building, and we’re ready to show our football.”.

" I don’t want to reveal at the press conference all the secrets about those we are living in. I guess tomorrow you yourself will be able to play on the football field, like the city of Shakhtar. If you look at the Young Boys, they are a very good team, as they soon appear in the European Cups, there are strong Vikonians. Ale mi - Shakhtar, we will play in our home arena and we want to show our football, our fierceness and our DNA"

“I don’t think there is any pressure on the team, even if everyone understands that these are Champions League matches. And if you look at the tournament table, then you can give us Bayern, the top team, I respect that we still have matches ahead, where we can show a good result and it’s clear, a good game. And we hope to show it tomorrow in the Champions League, creating a positive result for us and for the whole country."

“It was so unimportant if we stayed in the same place for many days and didn’t go anywhere. I really don’t remember? I'm melting, if it happened like this. In fact, a lot has already been said about the fact that there are a lot of moves in our country, our prices are going to rise a lot, and all football people, experts understand, how this can be important. I guess the skin of a football person understands that you can’t renew yourself on the bus or in stretches. Ale mi rang to this rhythm and we don’t want to lose special respect for this moment. We came here as a people, to show our football and represent Donetsk Shakhtar"

\? . We always want to play with respect in all these moments. I’m guessing that tomorrow we will be ready to play the same way as before all serious matches, then we will be able to get the result that we deserve,” Bondar said.

Guess what, the match between Shakhtar and Young Boys will take place on Wednesday, the 6th of November, at 19:45 outside Kiev. On Football. ua online text broadcast of the match will be available.

Earlier it became known who was officiating the match between Shakhtar and Young Boys.