The head coach of the Donetsk club analyzed the defeat of the Polish Lech, sharply pointed out the tactical concessions of his players and shared his ambitious achievements in the Conference League quarterfinal against AZ Alkmaar.

Donetsk Shakhtar made it to the quarterfinals of the Conference League, with a significant defeat in a nominally home match against Lech Poznan (1:2). Due to the recent success of the first round (3:1), the Ukrainian team earned a ticket to the next round with the sum of two players.

Girniky head coach Arda Turan, after the final whistle, did not have any mixed emotions: he sharply criticized the brilliance of his team, but also the character of the young players. The mentor knew that the little one was there, especially before the break, without any control at all. The team made allowances when leaving the defense but did not provide proper pressing.

“Today’s match is very important to me because it’s not the same as I want to create the style of our football. We were rejected by high pressure. Consider us leaving the defense in the 3-1-6 formation, because you are fighting wrong, you are suffering. Eliminate counterattacks and running behind your back. Our wingers gave insufficient pressing actions, so we tried to wake up on 3-2-5. But in such a formation Nazarin, Ocheretko and Marlon Santos were too static. “We didn’t make the rizokovy transfers and were overly transferred,” - having opened the group fakhіvets.

Despite being dissatisfied with the style, Arda Turan is confident that this match has become an extremely important mental test for his players. Preserving the advantage after 3:1 in the first match revealed difficult psychological challenges.

" It’s a great joy for the lads at the table to tell you about so much. We have a very young team, and it was important to test their mental readiness to cope with such pressure. This will be a wonderful springboard for learning mercy and improving our mentality,” said the coach.

At the quarterfinals of the tournament, the Dutch AZ Alkmaar checks on Donetsk residents. Shakhtar's mentor is extremely confident in his interactions with the team, as he loves positional football and ball control, and strives to set maximum goals for himself and the club..

" My main goal is to make Ukrainian children happy. From the very beginning I said that the possibility of reaching the Conference League final would be a supreme death for us. We want to go to it step by step, and I would be even happier to give Ukrainian children and patients this peace,” Turan summed up.

The matches will take place on the 9th and 16th quarter. The first match will be at home for the Ardi team.