Former assistant Mircea Lucescu Massimo Ugolini shared his opinion about the current Miner.
Massimo Ugolini, who worked for ten years in the coaching staff of Mircea Lucescu (nine years in Shakhtar and a year in Zenith), recalled previous meetings with Roma and tried to characterize the modern Shakhtar for Calciomercato. it.
"I remember perfectly our success in 2011," Ugolini said.. - We were lucky enough to win at Stadio Olimpico with a score of 3: 2, and this result, in fact, predetermined the outcome of the confrontation with Roma. Then Shakhtar had a great line-up: Fernandinho, Jadson, Willian, Douglas Costa, Luis Adriano, Srna was at the peak of his career, who clearly would not have been superfluous on the team and now. Then we were able to reach the quarterfinals, which is still the best result of Shakhtar in the Champions League ".
"Naturally, I continue to follow the Miner, but now it is difficult for me to determine in what physical condition the players are after the winter pause. The only thing I do not doubt that the game will be uncompromising and very speedy. For Roma it will be very important to score, repeating the success of the Ukrainian team seven years ago. But it will be very difficult. The miner perfectly combines the actions in defense and attack. Football players of the Donetsk team are very difficult to pass in defense, and their attackers and midfielders can break any opponent ".
"The most important figures in the current Shakhter are Tyson and Fred. The first is responsible for organizing attacks, supplying the balls of Bernard and Marlos. And the second depends absolutely everything in the middle line. It's no accident that Manchester City has been so eager to acquire it, and soon Fred will move to the Premier League.
A find for any grandee would be Bernard, but he has several years of problems with his shoulder. Therefore, he would have more approached the championship, which does not bet on physical struggle. For example - Spain ".
Shakhtar - Roma match will take place on Wednesday, February 21, in Kharkov at the USC Stadium Metalist. The beginning at 9:45 pm. Live broadcast on Ukraine and Football 2.
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