The mentor of the English club gave a press conference to the first team with the Donetsk club at the Conference League semi-final.

Crystal Peles head coach Oliver Glasner shared his feelings from the first Conference League semi-final match against Shakhtar, highlighting the strength of the Ukrainian team, the good mood of his players and the determination to reach.

About the team’s mood and importance of the match:.

" This is a great match - the semi-final against Shakhtar. If four teams are eliminated from the tournament, this means that there are four best teams. We feel good. The team is physically ready. Everyone is impatiently checking the greens. We have a good mood, a wonderful atmosphere, and the news after the defeat against Liverpool brought us a lot of positivity before this match.

The style of play is somewhat similar: Liverpool plays with the wingers using the Salah and Hakpo combination, and Shakhtar also uses a 4-3-3 scheme.. This match against Liverpool gives us great joy, and tomorrow's game is a great opportunity for all of us and for Crystal Palace. We always want to win a match, and tomorrow we also want to earn money."

About the team uniform this spring:.

“It’s similar to the river of the past - we always say that over the course of a long season it may be impossible to steadily trim the greatest rhubarb.

We had a wonderful start to the season, but then lost a little due to injuries. We were told that it was important to go to the final stage in the best possible way, and the Gravs worked diligently for their own sake, steadily trying to progress.

They never said to us: “Okay, we’ll just let the situation go.”. We have always worked on the details and are now in good shape both at the Premier Lisa and at the Lisa conferences."

About the progress of the team and the atmosphere at the end of the stunned exit:.

“We have always had one goal - to spend the shortest season in Crystal Peles. The people are already making my work easier, because the stinks are always getting in the training..

It’s easy for me to work with this team, because I love this team - they always give a lot of credit to their team. I will always strive for a perfect match, even though we haven’t had one yet, and I am able to achieve success, gradually improving them to progress.

It behooves me to deal with them. You practice, but at the same time you love and laugh at the same time. The stench removes satisfaction from football and life. We encourage the Gravians to play in European Cups for the first time and reach this far. What I need to do as a coach is that we can develop at the same time and be satisfied with the process."

About Shakhtar and Dynamo:.

\? Yes and no. Cause the stench of offense to play 4-3-3, but Dynamo Kiev changed the scheme against us and played with five defenders.

From now on, with great pride, I will be promoted to any kind of superior, but the individual skill of Shakhtar is a little bit. This can be seen in the tournament table - they are ahead of their competitors by 15 points. They have a good balance: proven graduates, recruits and six or seven young Brazilians.

This also means coach Ardu Turan. They have a clear structure in defense, move well, act compactly, and find space very easily. Plus the Swedes go on the attack. This will be a serious wiki for us"

About Ukrainian football and war:.

“It’s not easy to talk about Ukrainian football, because there are more important things that need to be taken into account before talking about football. And I have the utmost respect for everyone who will continue to enjoy football in Ukraine and can continue to enjoy it again.

Ukrainian football is a very technical style. Zbirna is also very technical. This is the ball, call them to play with the 4-3-3 scheme. Shakhtar is the top team of the Ukrainian league. We marveled at the Conference League matches, and even at the championship games. It seems that in the rest of the match they made all the substitutions.

We were well prepared. My headquarters is always diligently preparing, looking at the faceless matches, and we understand what their strengths and weaknesses are.. Shakhtar, with all its Brazilians, is not exempt from the rules."

About Shakhtar's strengths:.

\! Forwards, wingers - they play with inverted flanks. Pivzahisniki actively connect to the penalty area. The flankers are already attacking. They combine richly, quickly collapse the ball, search the space between the lines.

They like to play through the center, don’t play too many crosses, use more dribbling and short passes. You can control it yourself. We have found a number of moments where we can take our chances, and now we can all lay aside the fact that we are speeding up with them."

About ambitions to win the Conference League:.

" No one can tell you that it’s normal to lose at this stage. This is our meta. Whether it’s possible to reach it - I don’t know, and even all the teams here deserve it.

We are urged not to talk about winning the tournament, but to focus on what we need to do in the field. You take away from your bag what you deserve. We have great devotion, joy and faith that we can overcome Shakhtar."

About motivation and atmosphere:.

" These are the matches for which you started playing football. I remember how I marveled at such games on TV as a child, and now I am part of them.

The stadium will be great, the atmosphere will be wonderful, two strong teams, the fight for the trophy - the best thing we can do. We challenge the teams to show their maximum,” summed up Oliver Glasner.

The first match Shakhtar - Krystal Peles will take place on Thursday, the 30th of April, at 22:00 Kyiv time.