The new head coach of Shakhtar Donetsk Igor Jovicevich commented on his appointment.

" In such a difficult time that Ukraine is going through now, when Ukrainian soldiers are fighting for all of us, for our freedom, what should we do - present on the big football stage, in the Champions League, the best we can. Therefore, we are proud and will work every day. This is the challenge that keeps me moving forward..

It is an absolute privilege to be Shakhtar coach. I read the statistics now: over the past 14 years, the club has played 13 times in the Champions League. I don't know of any club other than Barcelona, \u200b\u200bReal Madrid and maybe a few more that have this? statistics: Therefore, I say again: it is a huge privilege to work here,"

The coach also named the assistants who came with him to the club:.

" As well as three Ukrainians who have already worked with me in Dnipro-1 - Yuriy Benyo, Andriy Khanas and Nikolay Shamardin as an analyst.

These are my people who are very loyal to me, we already know each other and understand everything that needs to be done"

Jovicevic replaced Italian Roberto De Zerbi as Shakhtar's coach, with whom the Pitmen had previously terminated the contract. Most of the legionnaires and the coaching staff left the club after the start of a full-scale Russian military invasion of Ukraine.

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Earlier it was reported that Shakhtar closed the club TV channel.