“Castro worked on mistakes”

Shakhtar Donetsk CEO Sergei Palkin spoke about the work of Pitmen mentor Luis Castro.

“Castro has never faced big clubs in his career. He grows with us, receives new knowledge and is good at it. Because when we lost to Inter in the LE and when they fell back on us, Castro did the work of mistakes. We saw that in some moments we could count on victory and luck will smile on us. I think Kashtru is a top-notch coach who knows how to educate young people, knows many tactics and fits in very well with our club’s philosophy and development strategy. If we talk about human qualities, he is the best! It is very easy and pleasant to work with him, I want to always support him. The fact that we have achieved it in the Champions League is a great merit of the coaching staff.

There was a lot of criticism, fans wrote on social media, personal mail, the pressure was serious. I understand them because the result was unacceptable. But the main thing is to make a decision with a cool head. When you make a decision, you must analyze it in great detail. This season is unlike any other in our history and it is extremely difficult to make a decision in such a situation. It was necessary to cool, concentrate and in the end we got the desired result. The team faced this fall and it is worth a lot, because after 0:10 at Borussia it is very difficult to get out of this dive, but they did, ”said Palkin.