Shakhtar's goalkeeper spoke about the upcoming match with Marseille in the European League playoffs.

As part of the match of the 1/16 final of the European League, Donetsk Shakhtar will play against Olympique de Marseille..

“Girniki” goalkeeper Dmytro Riznik shared his thoughts from the upcoming match with a representative of the French League 1.

“We had theoretical exercises, trained our little ones and corrected them in training. Let's talk about it in more detail, we'll talk about it after the game.

For us, it is very welcome news that people come to football stadiums. For Ukrainian football, I respect it, it’s even more important, to maintain the rhythm. And since the fans of Marseille, we know that there are even more passionate fans here, so all the boys are ready for anything.

Change of Kermanich in Marseille? There is a need for more nutrition in coaches, so that the mentor has effectively changed and it is not clear how we are losing a rival. We cooked in the standard mode, didn’t change anything globally, worked on what we needed.

This further motivates the River team since the beginning of a full-scale war with Russia?

It’s really bad that we are bound to such a date, but, of course, for every Ukrainian, who represents the region behind the cordon of various businesses, which provides maximum motivation for self-sacrifice. “That’s why we’re motivated to overcome,” Shakhtar’s official website quotes Riznik as saying..

Guess what, the match between Marseille and Shakhtar will take place on Thursday, February 22nd, at 22:00 Kyiv time. The teams' first match ended in a scoreless draw with a score of 2:2.