Shakhtar Donetsk defender Valeriy Bondar said what he thinks about his team's upcoming matches against French side Marseille in the Europa League play-off for the right to reach the 1/8 finals of this tournament.
"Chances to pass "Marseille"? Very high. I really believe that we have a very good chance to go as far as possible in this Europa League. We are very determined to do that, very keen to do that. We very much want to please our fans, VSU, who are also, apparently, worried about us, and raise the flag of Ukraine in the European arena.
But we must approach the matches with Marseille in very good physical conditions and mentally we must be ready for very, very hard games. Because "Marseille" is in the championship, and, in addition, there are a lot of star names in this team. "Marseille" played at a very high level in the group stage of the Europa League. It will be difficult for us, but we will do everything to win," Bondar said in a commentary to Shakhtar's club media.