Arda Turan, FC Shakhtar July 16, 2025, 23:00

The head coach of the Miners Arda Turan shared expectations from the future European Cup confrontation.

“First of all, we respect the game of football, respect the opponent, because it is our work and we have to respect the opponent. We know their game well. In the first meeting we won 6-0, and today it is difficult to overcome any team in the world with such a score, I spoke about it and after that game. The game will definitely punish us.

Rotation? We do not have this thing because we have 24 good football players and many matches. Tomorrow we will choose the top 11 to implement our strategy.

First of all, we have a wonderful team with many talented football players – this applies not only to Brazilians, but also to Ukrainian players, Georgian, we also have a Tunisian football player and others. We do not see any difference between them in terms of talent, and I have a very positive opinion about them all. They are high in miners, but when we talk about the highest level in the world, I believe that at least 10 of our players are able to play there. Of course, development is a constant process, and our goal is to provide it. That’s why we are here.

When we started this season, we were perceived as a pre -season stage, and as a period when there are official matches, so we had to combine both parts and we try to keep the balance. We work on tactics, physical training, and in general we had intense training during this time. Of course, we monitor the medical and physical condition of the players and we are always guided by the science of work. As for Mario Manjukich – he was like a “crazy brother” for me, we spent wonderful days together in Spain. He was with Dario Srna in the Croatia national team, creating history together. It was a good evening in a circle of friends, we dinner. It is very important for my players to see such legends in training: they seek to reach the level at which Mandjukich was already. I hope he will visit us again. Our doors are always open to former teammates – we like to work in the atmosphere of family.

What is the perfect miner? We want to act both in the attack and in defense by the whole team – it is very important. But the main thing is to properly play individual episodes. There may be times when ten fields will have to defend 20 minutes, although we do not want it. When we attack – we strive for quality transitions to protection; When we are defending, we want to competently get off the attack. Separately paying great attention to the standards: now in football, four out of ten goals are scored precisely after standard positions, so this aspect is critical. We discuss all these details, but most importantly – to act correctly at every moment. Whatever the game requires, we must be ready. That is why we strive to have a well -balanced team, “Arda Turan quoted FC Shakhtar’s official site.

We will remind, the match-answer Ilves-Shakhtar will take place on Thursday, July 17, at 19:00 in Kiev time. Follow his key events in a text online transmission on Football.ua.