Mircea Lucescu: "Shakhtar will have more days to recover"

Dynamo head coach Mircea Lucescu, in a commentary to Footballhub, praised the victory in the Ukrainian championship match against Rukh, as well as the upcoming match against Shakhtar.

“I am glad that the guys reacted correctly, gave their all and got the victory. I think we will get into our rhythm, but we need to be patient. These roads, flights, difficult crossings. From one hotel to another, from one field to another. We need to regain confidence in ourselves, since we played the last games somewhat stiffly, made individual mistakes. But the first goal added confidence, and after that we controlled the match.

Game with Shakhtar? An important match, regardless of the conditions. It will be difficult, because on Thursday there is a game, and then on Friday you have to return to Lviv. The opponent has more days to recover, we only have Saturday.

But there will be no excuses for such matches, and it is a pity that there will be no spectators. I am sure that if there was an opportunity, there would be a full stadium,” Lucescu said.