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Shakhtar CEO Sergei Palkin shared his expectations of the games against Roma.
– The draw is very interesting. See what the trend is. We play with Maccabi, where the head coach is our former employee. Now we play for Roma, where our former employee is also Fonseca. If this trend continues, it will be good for us.
It is clear that Roma are a strong rival with a good coach. I think our team will have additional motivation for these matches. We must not forget that gypsies are strong enough. We understand all this.
It seems to me that when we play with stronger opponents, we are more focused, motivated and show the right result. It will be difficult, interesting, intriguing. Especially in Kiev, because we will play with the fans.
I think a lot of spectators will come to see this game. There will be intrigue and lots of fighting and sports.
– How does Castro feel? It has a season of challenges. In the championship against Lucescu, here, against Fonseca.
– You see, this is the professional life of a coach. You know that when you play at that level, the coach’s kitchen is so intertwined that sooner or later you will meet those who worked at your club. This is normal.
Treat this with understanding. After the draw, there was a short conversation. You think this is a tough opponent. But that this is Fonseca, it will add excitement to our game. Especially for fans, journalists.
I think this is one of the most interesting draw pairs. It is not worse than Manchester United – Milan.
– Did you get to speak to President Rinat Akhmetov?
– Yes, I spoke to him. We exchange opinions. There is only one reaction: these are very interesting matches, there will be a great intrigue. It seems to me that everyone will be involved in football, everyone will follow the confrontation.
To do a more detailed analysis, probably later. Also, in football it is a thankless task, because everything changes in a second. I can say that the match will be very, very interesting.
– Who would you like to play with? Dynamo or Roma?
– You can answer with a sentence – with those who would have passed. But again, before the tie, the team said that our opinion is that it is better to play with strong opponents. This has been confirmed in practice more than once.
– Shakhtar’s tweet about supporting the Dynamo turned out to be lucky for the Kyiv.
– Overall, it turned out to be lucky not only for Dynamo, but also for us. Because I want to point out that if we take the 5 best championships and Ukraine, we are the only ones who have kept two clubs in the LE.
This is a great start for Ukraine. We have to fight for the coefficients, the result. If our tweet brought such a positive attitude to both Dynamo and Shakhtar, I think we should do the same before the next matches.
– Can we expect Shakhtar to wish the Dynamo good luck on the eve of the eighth?
– Of course. This is unequivocal, Palkin said on the air of Denisov Time.
