Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Taras Stepanenko does not believe that his team was stronger than Rennes in the first match of the Europa League playoffs (2:1).
— I will not say that we are stronger, it was just clear that we prepared well and understood what to do on the football field. This played a role. "Rennes" have very skilled football players and they also had chances: somewhere in the game there were stretches when they dominated. I can say that two equal teams played, but we used our chances more successfully, Stepanenko said.