The “Girniky” mentor appreciates that Shakhtar has an important path in LE.

Shakhtar's head coach Marino Pusic commented on the team's performance in the League of Champions, and also announced their further participation in the League of Europe.

" We have received many compliments from rich people in Europe, top European teams. They noticed how we performed and showed ourselves that we were very good.

Slide shows results. And let’s be realistic: reaching the next European Cup round, qualifying for the European League is a great and important achievement for the club. We fought until the end of the game in such a foldable group, we tried to go further into the Champions League, so we can say loudly that this is a success for us.

I am more than happy with the way we played. I also appreciate that the compliments that were sent to our address in Europe are a lot to celebrate.

The European League is a fantastic and very important tournament, you need to take into account the teams that play in it, and there are also those that can also participate in the Champions League. Although it matters that this tournament is for the Champions League, it is not so. I experienced this in my career.

This is a wonderful tournament, it’s so important to work hard with the teams. We are fighting against a strong opponent with a great history, it will be difficult to overcome whomever.

We think step by step, and, as I have already said, our goal is to continue to play in our style and compete with our competitors. Most importantly, what the result will be, the most important thing is that we have achieved our first goal - staying in Europe after the winter break. “We are going to continue to chew like this,” said Shakhtar’s mentor in an interview with the official website.

Guess what, Pusic defeated Shakhtar at the end of 2023, after which he defeated “Girniki” in the playoffs of the European League. In the UPL "