Shakhtar’s matches against Barcelona in the Champions League will be special for Dmitry Chygrynskyy, the defender of the Ukrainian team, who plays for the Catalans together with his opponent’s current coach Xavi.

“Of course, for me it will not be just a game against Barcelona. But to return to this level of the Champions League after all these years… There will be talk, this is Barcelona, ​​but the team has changed, they have come to a certain path. “Barcelona were at the top then, but in recent years “They’re going through some kind of crisis.”

“But this is not just a match for me. Javi? I think he will say something nice. We communicated well with him, so I’m sure he will receive me well,” said Chigrinsky.

The team will play against the Catalans in the third and fourth rounds of the group stage.

46-year-old French expert Thierry Henry He evaluated Arsenal’s chances of winning the Champions League.

“Actually, it’s still early. As a fan, I want them to win. But the number of matches you have to play in England… can be overwhelming,” Henry told CBS Sports.

However, the manager of the France U-21 team did not rule out the possibility, noting Arsenal’s performance when they reached the final in 2006.

If you had told me that Inter would reach the final last year, I would have said no from the beginning. If you had said that Milan would reach the semi-finals, I would not have agreed.

If you had told me in 2006 that this team and I would reach the final, even though I was playing for Arsenal, I would have said no. But we broke up. So you have to have faith, you never know what will happen. There are teams in these competitions that are way ahead of the others in terms of having already played big matches, having won them, so these guys are ahead,” added the Frenchman.

Note that Arsenal’s opponents in the group stage were Lens, Sevilla and PSV. In the first round, the British defeated the club from Eindhoven with a score of 4:0.

Henry made 377 appearances for Arsenal, scoring 228 goals and providing 103 assists.