Famous Ukrainian TV presenter Igor Tsyganik told what he expects from the centre match of the 15th round of the Ukrainian championship, in which Shakhtar Donetsk and Polesie Zhytomyr will play in Lviv today.
- A very principled match is really expected. "Shakhtar" does not want to lose any more points, because last round they lost to "Dnipro-1" (1-3), although before that they beat Barcelona (1-0) in the Champions League.
Shakhtar have a lot of players returning from national team duty, and it will be difficult for them to get into the teamwork immediately. Polesie are in good shape. Yuriy Kalitvintsev's team were purposefully preparing for the match against Shakhtar during the break in the UPL.
Of course, there are certain questions as to how Polesie will play against Shakhtar, what tactics they will choose, how they will try to thwart the plans of the favourite. Nevertheless, in this confrontation I expect an exchange of goals, as well as a win for the Pitmen," said Tsyganik.