Shakhtar players left the vacation and gathered at the base in Svyatoshyn.

Head coach Gorniakov Paulo Fonseca told about the rest of the team and preparations for the new season.

"The holiday was very short. We perfectly understand that our main holiday is in December and January. Therefore, we return to work motivated. Many guys have not returned yet. But this is a good opportunity to look at young players, the coming days will be useful for them and for us, "Fonseca told the official website of the Miner.

"Our work is almost planned, a month ahead of the Super Bowl. In Germany, there will be several friendly matches.

The usual training that we always do before the season. During this time we will use the moment to correct or correct the physical readiness of the guys. Well and most importantly - we will remind them what the idea of ??our game is ".

"We always exercise with the ball, practice our style. First we will deal with defensive actions, after - attack. We train those elements that we want to see in the match. Moreover, we already have an advantage, because the players know what I want ".