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Shakhtar Donetsk CEO Sergei Palkin evaluated the Pitmen’s results in the Champions League.
“The conditions we play in, the result we got is very, very significant. If we evaluate the group stage on a 5 point scale, then we should give ourselves an A. The fans should give us an A., with clubs that live they play and are in championships and countries of approximately the same level. That is, clubs from Eastern Europe. Krasnodar scored 5 points in the group, Lokomotiv – 3, Zenit – 1, Dynamo “- 4,” Ferencvaros “- 1, and we have 8 points.
If we put this at the level of the teams in their groups and compare it to ours, then ours is the strongest overall of all the groups. This is the strongest group in the entire history of Shakhtar’s performances in the Champions League. It should also be borne in mind that during the group stage, half of our team fell ill with coronavirus. The youngsters came to the game with “Real” in Madrid. We didn’t have half the team, but the guys got the result. This match was actually based on “Royal”, this is a city within a city, a kind of empire. If the Real Madrid players looked at our conditions, a field and the restructuring of 60, they would wonder how it is possible. If all these factors add up to one, then the coaching staff and the players should definitely place the top five. Under such conditions, it is a heroic act.
Castro has never played with such important clubs in his career, he also grows with us, gains knowledge and experience. He’s good at it. We lost to Inter 0: 5 in the LE semi-finals and we met again in the Champions League, he made mistakes work. At the end of the second half of the match in Italy, we already thought that perhaps luck would smile on us and we could even win. Kashtru is a top-notch coach, a coach who knows how to educate young people, how to let them down. It has many tactics and conforms to our club’s development philosophy and strategy. If we talk about human qualities, then this is the best. It is very easy and pleasant to work with him, you always want to support him.
After 0:10, there was a lot of criticism from Borussia Gladbakh. Fans wrote on Instagram, Facebook, and personal mail. The pressure was severe. I understand them, because this is an unacceptable result. This season is unlike any other, making decisions in such conditions is doubly difficult. I had to cool down and focus. As a result, we got the desired result. The coach and the team coped with this fall. After 0:10 it is very difficult to get out of the resentment, but they managed.
Borussia Mönchengladbach are our debtors and the debts must be paid. I saw how happy they were after our draw with Inter. We help you very seriously, but next time you will not expect that help. We will remember this 0:10. If we leave the personalities, then the whole team has gone up in price. The equipment rises in price based on the result. The whole world saw our performances, analyzed. Our equipment has become much more expensive. It’s hard to say specifically in numbers, only the market can estimate it. We are ready to sell to any footballer. The main thing is to comply with the price and conditions for the player himself.
Our main task has long been announced by the president of the club – to win the Champions League. In this case, victory in the LE is not even discussed, it definitely has to be earned. If we play here, then we have to go all the way, “Palkin said.
