The Pitmen's mentor spoke about his new team, to which he moved this summer.

Shakhtar Donetsk head coach Roberto De Dzerby commented on the choice of tactical scheme for the Pitmen, and also spoke about the Brazilian vector of the club and, of course, a few words about Dynamo Kiev.

" It is necessary to combine the best qualities of the strongest players and then it will be easier to achieve the result. When you have the right qualities, there are no limits.

Using the 4-2-3-1 pattern? First of all, I look at the players and only then I can start building my tactics, but if necessary, I can adapt to the situation.. The problem is not the numbers, 4-2-3-1, 4-3-2-1, the problem is that the players have to know what to do on the field and do it well.

Game number one in the Ukrainian championship? We are of course ready, because when I was in Sassuolo, many teams were already closing against us in defense.. This is not good or bad, the most important thing is to know how to play in this case and how to develop our game.. I already know that many teams in Ukraine will sit on the defensive, but we must prepare for this, because in the end, this is also football..

Shakhtar's bet on Brazilian players? Firstly, Shakhtar will rely on strong footballers, very good footballers. Okay, they are Brazilians, the question is not about nationality - a footballer from Ukraine, Brazil or Italy, the question is - who is strong, who is very strong, and who is weak. I think it's a plus that we have a lot of Brazilians, because together they interact very well with each other, they have traditions, culture, and together they create a good team. But I can say for sure that Shakhtar have always bought strong players and this tradition remains to this day..

First words when meeting players? I immediately told them that we will work hard, but at the same time we will have fun..

Tactical or Combination Football? All together, because one is related to the other, and vice versa. After all, when a football player individually improves his level, the whole team can become better.. Each footballer has his own development related to the team, and therefore we want footballers to improve their game..

We have one of the youngest teams in Europe, and the young footballer has a little less experience than others - if he was experienced, we would no longer say that he is young. What I would like to convey to them especially? This is that despite the fact that we have a young team, we can immediately start winning, and of course every football player, especially young people, must understand that this is very difficult, so they must start working hard and achieve the necessary results.. What I have always asked and continue to ask is for young footballers to become adults at once.. We are definitely a strong team, the players are all strong, but this is still not enough - we need to convey to them that they are strong and continue to work hard.

Principal battle with Dynamo? The most important thing for us is to improve our level, but we also need to look after the opponent - we must know how to hurt the opponent. I know that last season Dynamo won everything and they deserve all these trophies, they are the champions, and at the moment they are favorites to win the championship again, but we are ready to fight, "

Earlier it was reported that Shakhtar is the youngest team in the Champions League qualification.