"It was unreal. But somehow everything flew in by itself", - Feyenoord head coach on defeating Shakhtar

The head coach of the Dutch Feyenoord Arne Sloth commented on his team's resounding victory over Shakhtar Donetsk (7-1) in the return leg of the Europa League 1/8 finals held yesterday in Rotterdam. Recall, the first meeting between the rivals ended in a draw, 1-1.

"It was unreal how we managed to secure such a result so quickly. Usually we need more chances, but today everything somehow flew in by itself.

We were extremely efficient today. All the shots were on target! But at some point something like this had to happen, you can not miss opportunities forever.

Despite the final score, I still think Shakhtar are a good team. We just need to take into account the situation our opponents are in now due to the war in Ukraine and all the factors that affect the game and the training process. Suffice it to say simply that a large number of foreign players left Shakhtar before the start of the season.

Nevertheless, we saw that in the first half Shakhtar played well. Our players had to block a number of dangerous shots. It was obvious that our opponent was determined to get a good result," Slot said after the match with Shakhtar.