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Shakhtar Arda Turan’s head coach held a press conference before the playoffs of the UEFA conferences League against Servett. After a draw 1: 1 in the first meeting, the Miners mentor expressed confidence in his team and emphasized the importance of the European Cup experience for the young team.

“Swett is a strong team with a good trainer and our own style, but we trust ourselves. We need matches in Europe to grow. We will do everything possible to go on,” Turan said.

Separately the trainer stopped on a personnel situation. Kauan Elias still has a chance to play – his condition will be checked on the day of the match, but the non -arrival will definitely not help the team. According to Turan, the situation is complicated by the fact that the injured players – from one position.

Turan also mentioned his match in 2008 for the Turkish national team at the same stadium, when the team won the Czech Republic 3: 2 after the score 0: 2. The mentor confessed that he wanted to create another pleasant memory as a coach of Shakhtar.

Commenting on the words of the mentor of Servetta that the Swiss had created a problem to the miner, Turan replied: “We had 81% of ownership, 22 beats and 19 innings. Sometimes there are problems when you do not score, but we are moving in the right direction.”

He also stressed that the team does not feel additional pressure, despite the history of Shakhtar in the European Cups: “We enjoy playing and improving. In our country, football is the last thing to create pressure.”

Swett – Shakhtar will take place on Thursday, August 28. Starting at 22:00 in Kyiv time.