Van Leeuwen explained what he said to Shakhtar players during the intermission of the Antwerp match

Shakhtar head coach Patrick van Leeuwen talked about what he said to his team’s players at the halftime of the second round match of the Champions League group stage against Antwerp, where the Pitmen changed the course of the match in the second 45 minutes and achieved a strong victory. -willing victory 3:2.

“I told them that today they would play for all of Ukraine, for the visiting fans in the stadium and for all the fans in their country. When the score was 0-2 in the first half, I confronted them with reality. I told them they should be ashamed. We made small tactical adjustments and after the break the players corrected the gap. They got the signal and took action “They passed. We scored the first goal quickly and that helped the team progress. So we were able to score two more goals and win the match.”

Antwerp started very strongly. Our players started to get nervous due to the high pressure. They couldn’t beat us but they surprised us and in the end we fell two goals behind. We gave these two goals to the opponent very easily. In the second half in Antwerp it lessened a little bit and my guys realized they shouldn’t just play for the club logo,” said van Leeuwen.

Let us also remind you that before the match, there was information circulating in the media that Patrick van Leeuwen could be dismissed if the Antwerp match ends unsuccessfully.