The head coach of Donetsk Shakhtar, Marino Pушич, talked about what he expects from today’s match of his team against the Dutch PSV in the 5th round of the main stage of the Champions League.
Marino Pушич"PSV is a wonderful team. How will we stop them? By attacking them, as Johan Cruyff said. This is the best strategy. Of course, if the opponent plays better, has more possession of the ball, or pushes us back, then we will have to defend. This is not my style, but even if it happens, you have to be organized.
This is a challenge for us, because right now in the domestic championship we are a team that always takes the initiative at one hundred percent, scores more goals, creates more chances, and spends most of the time in the opponent's half of the field. And when you play against such an opponent in the Champions League, you know that sometimes you will also have to be in your own half. And I must say that we show in big matches that we are capable of this as well. This is not our style, but if necessary, we must play like this. But the best way to defend, as I have already said, is to regain the initiative and also attack, to have possession of the ball.
It seems that Johan Cruyff, the smartest coach of all time, said that. And he is one hundred percent right. We will try to act this way. Will we succeed? I don't know, we will see," said Pushich at the pre-match press conference.
