The head coach of Shakhtar Donetsk Igor Jovicevic spoke about personnel problems of his team on the eve of the confrontation with the Dutch Feyenoord in the 1/8 finals of the Europa League.
"We have a staffing problem with defensive players, and we are still thinking about how to solve it. I do not know if anyone has experienced that before the match, you drop both laterals - Konoplya and Mykhailychenko. Plus Bondar and Kozyk, who could help, but two days ago sprained his ankle.
Among defenders we can only count on Taylor and Rakitskiy. During those four days we need to figure out how to build a decent and competitive team in the game against a worthy opponent.
On Saturday, we watched the match Feyenoord (Feyenoord v Groningen 1-0.)I saw their tempo, rhythm and strong performers - it will be very hard for us. But again, we believe that the impossible can become possible, and we will fight - this is our minimum we can do," Jovicevic said.