Midfielder Mariupol Denis Dedechko in the comments Football. ua shared his expectations on the upcoming match in Kharkiv on Sunday against Shakhtar.

- I think we should not pay attention to the game of Shakhtar in Rome. This team is quite well prepared to perform in several tournaments. The same goes for the psychological aspect.

- Now there are many opinions that the match Shakhtar - Mariupol initially devoid of intrigue. Are you hurt by such words?.

- I can answer skeptics like this: let them watch the game. We have a lot of people who at home, sitting on the couch, understand football. Please, this is their right. Everyone has the right to their opinion. For my part, I can say that we will do our best to dispel similar opinions.

- Hit in the first six automatically made Mariupol in the number of applicants for European cups. Is the team ready for such a call?.

- After the game with Olympique I already said that we do not run ahead of the locomotive and try to prepare for each game separately. Moving forward step by step. To say that we beat ourselves in the chest and our task - to get into European cups, it would be wrong. There is a desire for both coaches and football players, we want to achieve certain results. But for this you need to lay out on the field. Again, even in the upcoming match against Shakhtar, you need to achieve a positive result.

- You in the center of the field will have to confront the technical and master brazilians. How to contain them?.

- I have not played against Shakhtar for a long time, so it's difficult to single out personalities. But I remember that playing in different teams I managed to win "miners". Why not repeat it again with Mariupol?.

- Rustam Khudzhamov cautiously announced the team's bronze ambitions. Do you share this point of view?.

- Of course, I would like to win a medal. I think I would be very happy to win my first medal in the Ukrainian Championship.

Recall, the match Shakhtar - Mariupol will be held on March 18 in Kharkov at the USC Metalist.