The celebrated forward of Kyiv’s "Dynamo", "Chornomorets", "Dnipro" and the USSR national team Valeriy Porkuyan shared his thoughts before the starting match of "Shakhtar" in the spring part of the Ukrainian championship.
Valeriy Porkuyan— In winter, as is known, many leading players left the Donetsk club — at least it is worth mentioning Danilo Sikan, Taras Stepanenko, and Oleksandr Zubkov. However, in the transfer work, "Shakhtar" did not sit idly by. The club acquired several promising players who, it should be assumed, will benefit the "miners". I think we will see new signings in action soon, and we will be able to assess their capabilities.
As for tomorrow's match, due to greater individual skill and experience, "Shakhtar" will win. However, I am confident that "Left Bank", which over the autumn segment of the championship has somewhat adapted to the Premier League and gained some experience, will not be a punching bag in this match. It is worth at least recalling the match of the first round between these opponents, where Vitaliy Pervak's team made a good impression, resisting the champion for over an hour of playing time. If I am not mistaken, at the end of that match "Left Bank" was close to securing a draw, — quotes Porkuyan UA-Football.
