Journalist Oleksandr Sazhko expressed his opinion on Arda Turan’s work as the coach of Shakhtar after the defeat to Dynamo in the 1/8 finals of the Ukrainian Cup.
Arda Turan.Photo: shakhtar.com«After Shakhtar’s loss to Legia, I caught myself thinking that Arda Turan has nothing to show as a result of his work over the past 5 months — and the matches against Dynamo should become pivotal in assessing the first stage of his work at the Donetsk club.
Yes, the Turk sensationally outclassed Beşiktaş — and at that moment it seemed like Shakhtar had unexpectedly found a very interesting coach. However, it soon turned out that that Beşiktaş was in such a disassembled state that they couldn’t even make it to the main stage of any European competition, being eliminated by Lausanne.
And Shakhtar, over the past two to three months, has shown literally nothing in any of the tournaments it participated in: already 9 points lost in the UPL with their first heavy defeat in many years, eliminated by Panathinaikos in the Europa League qualification, a loss in the Conference League to a disassembled Legia, whose coach wanted to leave, eliminated in the Ukrainian Cup by Dynamo. Zero. Empty.
So far, Turan’s results at Shakhtar are a big nothing,» wrote Sazhko.
