Head coach of Donetsk Shakhtar Marino Pusic commented on the draw result in the test match against Dinamo Zagreb (2:2) at the training camp near Turecchina.

“First of all, we rely on such fights to prepare from the point of view of physical form and practice the style of playing with or without the ball, so today it will be a very important match with a good opponent, a team of the league level.

I appreciate that in the first part of the game it was fair: the chances were small for both us and the opponent, there were great moments, as well as bad moments, which need to be worked on, especially in defense. And, in my opinion, the other part had an important dominance and scored one or two more goals to overcome. Alas, it’s a pity that they didn’t collect anything and took away nothing. In such matches, it is not only the result that matters, but your attitude, productivity, energy, which you contribute, and, based on the fact that I have gained today, it becomes reasonable: everything is very easy to do. We were in need of training yesterday, so I understand that even though we are exhausted on the field, it is true that we need to gain physical shape and condition. I am even more pleased with the way the boys are working at once.

Rozmova after the match with Mario Stanic and Fabio Cannavaro? We know one by one, and Rozmova Bula, of course, about the match, about the bitterness of the game. As I have already said, there is a lot of training for both teams, the two teams have similar grievances. It was very difficult to keep an eye on the players in different positions, and especially to increase the intensity of the game, which was quite bad.

The first week ends with this match. Zagalom is already abundantly practical, and over the course of another period, the beautiful song elements are madly prepared for the battle with Brest at Liza's champions. We are trying to renew all our principles of play, the principles of football and try to add new energy. The coming year, incredibly, is more specific to the plan before the battle with Brest.

These are two parts of our preparation: the first is associated with the Champions League, and the other with the domestic championship. I certainly want to look at this holistically:

we may be ready before our domestic championship to catch up with our competitors again, and, madly, we would like to achieve good results in the Champions League. What we are preparing for by stretching these two years. Well, there are two parts of preparation: first – for the Champions League, and then we start working again for the domestic championship,” the club’s press service quotes Pusich as saying..

Shakhtar will play its upcoming match against Ludogirets. Gras is scheduled for 15 September.