Olympic defender Andrei Mishchenko gave an interview to the official website of the club.

The 26-year-old bek, who returned to the Olympic from the Israeli championship last week, shared his experience and told about the changes in the Donetsk team.

- You returned to Olympique after almost three years. What has changed in the club during this time?.

- I can not say that the club has changed dramatically. Footballers have changed, and the training process as a whole has remained the same, several exercises Roman Nikolaevich added. Olympic became more ambitious, the club sets high goals in front of you, wants to play regularly in European competition.

- All this time, kept in touch with the guys who have played in the Donetsk team since that time?.

- Yes, I've been in touch with Vova Doronin all the time. We are friends for a long time. He told me, what is the situation in the team, what do guys like.

- Tell us about the stages of your career after leaving Olympic.

- I think that this time has benefited me. I grew up as a football player, I added in many components of the game. Increased what was. I played in the championship of Israel, I saw a completely different championship, another organization of the competitions, another preparation for the matches. This is a useful experience that I take into my own asset.

- Football in Israel is very different from Ukrainian?.

- Yes. In the championship of Israel the teams try to play more technical football, in Ukraine the majority of teams profess power football. There is a high attendance, I played at the stadium, where 35 thousand people gathered. Sensations are incredible!.

- What can the current Olympic?.

- It's hard to say, because I have not played in Ukraine for a long time. But if you analyze the work that the coaching staff held at the training camp, the psychology of the guys, their attitude, then this team has a great future.

We can get into the top six in this season, for this we need to correctly approach the final match from a psychological point of view. Every football player should prepare well, give everything one hundred percent and achieve a positive result, "Mishchenko said..

The next match will be held on March 4 against Mariupol.

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