Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Taras Stepanenko commented on the outcome of the Champions League match against Leipzig.
Leipzig played to their strengths, waited for mistakes and ran into quick counterattacks.
We have problems in terms of injured players - Shved fell out, Zubkov fell out, Konopli has problems. It was a little difficult with this, but this is an experience, we must move on.
The first goal - they dominated, then we began to play more boldly, started to put pressure, there were several half-moments. We went to the second half, we wanted to put pressure on them, but they scored the second, third ... What can you do?
Everything started to work out on their courage, the walls, when you win 3:0, everything works out, you can’t restrain yourself psychologically. After 3:0 the game is already over.
The goals they scored were shown to us in theory, after the interception they play forward very competently, they are very fast players.
We went into the European spring, of course we wanted to catch on to the Champions League, but... The coach thanked for this campaign, said that we need to prepare for very important matches in the championship," Stepanenko said.