The new goalkeeper coach of Donetsk’s Shakhtar, Emrah Karakovan, whose team won bronze medals in the Ukrainian Championship last season, confidently stated his focus on triumph in the Champions League.
Emrah Karakovan. Photo — shakhtar.com“We have short-term and long-term dreams. The short-term one is to pass the group stage of the Europa League, and then to win the championship and the Cup of Ukraine.
But in the long run, we all have one dream, like our coach Arda Turan, — to win the Champions League with this team. But this will be step by step. Our first goal is to pass the group stage of the Europa League and to win the championship and the Cup of Ukraine again,” — quotes Karakovan’s words the official site of Shakhtar.
Let’s remind that in the new European Cup season, Shakhtar will start from the 1st qualifying round of the Europa League. So any discussions from representatives of the bronze medalist of the Ukrainian championship about passing the main stage of this tournament at the moment seem at least strange: first, you need to get there.
