Shakhtar mentor spoke about the victory over PFC Lviv in the UPL match.
In the second round of the Ukrainian Premier League, Shakhtar won a crushing victory over PFC Lviv in the final segment of the match.
The head coach of the Donetsk club Roberto De Dzerbi shared his emotions on the result of this confrontation and touched upon the topic of the next fight against Genk, which will take place in the qualifying round of the Champions League.
" We try to be properly prepared for all matches. We knew that the opponent would act in a closed manner, only on counterattacks, we knew that there were already difficult matches, especially in order to score the first goal. I think we played well in the first half and already deserved to excel. Overall I'm very happy. "
" I am lucky that I have many talented and strong footballers.. I try to keep everyone part of the team. Marcos Antonio and Tete played very well, while Marlos, Ismaily and Dentinho also came out in the second half.. Not all footballers are the same. Micon is the one who makes the design a little more geometric. I want everyone to feel part of the team. Tomorrow we will continue training and prepare well for the match that awaits us on Tuesday in Belgium. From now on, let's start thinking about Genk "
" I asked the players to be very, very attentive. I think that in these matches it is difficult to see where there are difficulties. You notice them when you miss a goal, but then it's too late. You need to think in advance, sometimes even negatively, to create the right context to play with and without the ball.. We did it well almost always, but we made mistakes in the first seconds of both halves..
But mostly we had a very, very good match.
\? Absolutely not. We must play seriously and win today. We are not champions, the champion is Dynamo. We couldn't think about Tuesday - just today's match. We came here to play with Lviv and win, knowing that this fight will be difficult. And we can start thinking about Genk only now, "
As a reminder, the first meeting between Shakhtar and Genk will take place in Belgium on Tuesday, August 3, at 21:00 Kyiv time..