Midfielder Zari Igor Kharatin shared his expectations from the upcoming match against Ostersund.

On Thursday, Dawn will hold one of the key fights in the current draw of the group stage of the Europa League. Lugansk team expects to travel to Sweden to local Ostersund, who is currently the leader of the quartet J.

His opinion about the opponent and the upcoming match in a conversation with a correspondent of Zary shared defender Igor Kharatin.

- If we remember the first match with Ostersund, where we lost 0: 2. What did not we have then?.

- The rival is very serious. Competently controls the ball. Has technical players in its composition, going into the attack through the pass. They surprised everyone. Not only us, but, probably, the whole of Europe. We expect a good game and hope to win this match.

- In Sweden we expect heavy snow and frost. Let's just say, not quite standard weather conditions during the match.

- We are Spanish (laughs). In general, the weather we have at this time of year is often similar. This fact does not bother us at all. We are professionals and ready to play in any weather.

- Swedish Championship finished in early November. They are now just training and preparing, let's say, without games. Can this play into the hands of us and Herte?.

- Maybe. We will be in good shape, as the championship of Ukraine continues, and through the games of the internal championship we will go to the matches of the Europa League. Yes, it is difficult to train without games, as now Ostersund. Rather, it will be a plus for us. Try to use it and implement it.

- At us in group the situation now confusing enough. But still, if they said before the start of this group stage that Ostersund will be the first for the two rounds before the end, and Zarya the second, would he believe it?.

- I remember, I was asked about this before the first round. Asked to assess the chances. I remember my answer. All have equal chances. Everyone goes to the field to win. Of course, someone has more skill, and someone has less. After the fourth round, there was an interesting situation in the group, and I think no one expected this. But everyone believes in themselves. Let's see what will happen after the sixth round. Two more games left. We have all chances, and we are determined to use them.

- What is Ostersund's trump card, in your opinion? The team does not have such stars who play in Hertha or Athletic, but, nevertheless, the Swedes are in the first place.

- First, they are strong team. Secondly, I liked how they go on the attack through the pass. I thought that the opponent will mostly defend in matches with teams from his group, but they were not afraid to play with the ball, they control the game well. Therefore, we expect an uneasy duel.

Earlier it became known that Zarya had already gone to a duel in Sweden.