Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Shakhtar believe: to win the quarterfinals in Rome

ROME, Feb. 14 - It will definitely be a bit 'rusty since Dec. 8 does not play an official game. Maybe even a little 'excited because for the first time in its history will participate in the second round of the Champions League. However, Shakhtar Donetsk is for Rome to take an opponent with very soft.

The formation of Mircea Lucescu, Romania coach with a history of Brescia in Italy on the benches and Inter, has every intention of wanting to continue to impress after the incredible journey in the group stage ended in front of Arsenal's Arsene Wenger. In order not to fail on the historic event, Lucescu has planned the trip to Rome in great detail.

THE CHARGE OF UKRAINE - The Ukrainian team has landed at Fiumicino airport on Saturday and, having placed in the center of the sports Borghesiana attended in the evening at the Stadio Olimpico of heavy giallorossi ko against Napoli. Only now will move to a hotel near the stadium, while tomorrow night will take confidence with the pitch at the finish of the training: "The Roma are a good team with experienced players like Totti and strikers, Borriello, Vucinic Menez that can create hazards at any time - said the Croatian Darijo Srna, Shakhtar captain, through the club's website - Our goal is to score at least one away goal.

Then in Donetsk will be a different game. " It speaks Srna an informed decision as to the brand new Donbass Arena, opened in 2009 and ready to host the Euro2012 matches, the boys from Lucescu seem to have something more: the beginning of the season they won all 16 matches home league and cup, scoring 42 goals and conceding just 4, "But Rome will be an advantage because in Italy there is the winter break - he wanted to remember Serna -.

For us that instead of Wednesday will be the first competitive match after two months. " The leaders - in the league behind leaders Shakhtar expects (after 19 days was 12 points ahead of Dynamo Kiev, ed) began as early as the end of the pause at the end of November. For this reason he decided to use the months of forced stay in Dubai with an extended retreat and later with the friendly in Spain.

A program funded by the ambitious and determined president Rinat Akhmetov, 148th richest man in the world according to "Forbes": "I believe that in Rome we can expect a very difficult game. And we're all a bit 'worried because we do not know what the actual shape of the team - has recognized the patron Ukrainian -.

But I'm sure we'll see what we can, we will show all of our quality. Our goal is to center the quarter-finals, broke the top eight in Europe. If we were to go out with Roma, which is otherwise a very strong opponent, would be a failure. " ANALYSIS Lucescu - The task of avoiding such a disappointment to the president's up to Lucescu, but can not count on defender Kucher in the pits because of a knee injury.

Virtually complete the troops instead of Brazilians now transplanted in Donetsk: Fernandinho except, there will in fact Willian midfielders, Jadson (who played last Wednesday in Brazil against France), Alex Teixeira and Douglas Costa (Gremio in young talent grew and torn to the sound of millions of euro to the competition of Manchester United, ed), and strikers Eduardo and Luiz Adriano, who has Croatian passport before arriving in Ukraine and played for Arsenal.

Just the colony green-gold, so thick because in Ukraine there are no limits on enrollment of foreign nationals is one of the strengths of Shakhtar, "We have decided to create a nucleus of talented players - said Lucescu, from 2004 on Shakhtar coach -. In Ukraine, the football is much more aggressive, physical and fast, but having very technical players I could easily build the rest of the team.

I think that we are currently the best team in Europe, Brazil and probably the youngest that has qualified in the Champions League. "

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