Shakhtar Donetsk head coach Patrick van Leeuwen commented on his team's 3-2 victory over Belgian Antwerp in yesterday's away match of the 2nd round of the Champions League group stage.
Patrick van Leeuwen"First of all, I would like to note that we play here not only for the local public, but also for the fans who were in the stands today, for all those people who are now in Ukraine and watched the game on TV. So we realised that we had to win this game, first of all for them. Because they support us with all their strength.
And small changes made in tactics led to goals and a positive result in the second half. We were inspired by Antwerp's tactics. From the very beginning we expected a slightly different game from them, but they showed exactly the same tactics, so we had to change our own approach. At half-time we used not only the mental aspect but also the tactical aspect and that gave us a good result," van Leeuwen said at the post-match press conference.
