Shakhtar Donetsk defender Bohdan Mykhailychenko praised his team's performance in the Champions League group stage. Recall that the Pitmen's rivals in the group were Real Madrid, RB Leipzig and Celtic. As a result, the Donetsk team took third place and now they will continue to fight in the 1/16 finals of the Europa League.
“Of course, when the names of our rivals in the group became known, everyone thought that we would score one point. But Shakhtar did not pay attention to this and moved from game to game, getting points.
We did not think where we would be - we just played. It so happened that there was even an opportunity to qualify for the Champions League. But in the last game we were weaker. Therefore, I believe that the Europa League is a good result.
Preferences for the draw of the 1/16 finals of the Europa League? We haven't thought about it yet, haven't discussed it. Now we have a very difficult schedule, so the main thing is to recover and prepare for the next match. But, of course, I would like a team with which we could play and go further, ”Mikhailichenko quotes "Football 24".