Champions League
Sudakov: In the fifteen years with Pushich we have understood more, but in three months we trained to this point
Donetsk Shakhtar manager Georgiy Sudakov commented on the upcoming Champions League match against Barcelona and also shared his thoughts on the recognition of the new head coach of “Girniki” Marino Pusic.
“The emotions are positive, after the theory everyone was hostile. First of all, Marino Pusic is a good, positive person. I can say that we learned more in 15 minutes, but in three months of training so far.” I am confident that there will be a very difficult road ahead of us, and we are all in it. Dariyo has already said that on our side, from the players, there will be one that I fully trust the coach. And I am confident that with this coach we will achieve great success.
My first football uniform was the Shakhtar uniform, and it was Darijo Srna. Unfortunately for Dmitry Chigrinsky, I don’t remember those games for Barcelona as I was much younger.
Before tomorrow’s match, as Darijo said, we are not the favorites of this team, but we have a hundred hundred people who will have to play with their football, we want to play with the ball. We understand what Barcelona is and what it represents in this world, but we can even drink good drinks that require us to sing to ourselves. I hope that tomorrow we can show our football and take away the satisfaction so that the fans will be satisfied too. I can’t say what we are afraid of hurting someone, we don’t have anything like that. We want to compete against the strongest teams.
Last year we played the champions in Liza against Real Madrid and showed a very good match, especially in Warsaw. We may have spent a lot of money. These are really great competitions, where our whole lives have been leading up to. Playing against Barcelona – my special dream. I really don’t want to think about any fear, I want to give up the satisfaction and fulfillment of number one. We understand that it will be even more difficult, but there is no fear.
Of course, the subject of war is very difficult for all of us. We found her in Ukraine, in Kiev. During the hour of war I was with my squadron, during the hour of war a child was born in me. It’s even harder because there are so many riots at once, I don’t care about the kid and the team. This is extra motivation for us and for all our players. With respect to what is currently happening in Ukraine, we close our eyes to our every move, to our loss of life – we no longer accept it. We want to take away the satisfaction of football and show the entire country how important it is to compete not only on the battlefield, but also on the football field.
Young Barcelona? I just saw a young 17 year old boy score the winning goal in Barcelona’s last match. I can say that La Masia does a great job and there are incredible talents here. When I played against Barcelona with U-16, there were very good footballers, as if they were incredibly strong. I want to smell young, but show very high rhubarb. That’s why we can’t accept it, because it doesn’t play a big role in football. “There are many great gravitators who, even at the age of 17-18, show their genius and character and achieve results,” the club’s press service said.
Guess what, the match between Barcelona and Shakhtar will take place tomorrow, June 25, at 7:45 PM in Kyiv. On Sportish.co An online text broadcast of the match will be available.
Source: Football UA
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Former coach of Dynamo Kiev Alexander Showkovsky He should have been sacked in August after a poor performance in the Champions League qualifiers.
The blue-whites, who lost twice to Cypriot Paphos in the 3rd round of the European Cup (0:1 and 0:2), were relegated to the Europa League and then promoted to the Conference League.
“I know that Dinamo management believes that a change of coach could and should be made in the summer, after they lost to Paphos in the Champions League qualifiers.
Then an opportunity arose. But the necessary candidate was not available,” the source said.
Due to the lack of alternatives, the president of the Kiev club decided to leave Shovkovsky as head coach, but in November the Ukrainian specialist was nevertheless fired and left Dynamo.
Source: Sport UA
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We continue to examine the future of Donetsk shakhtar To buy tickets directly to the main stage Champions League 2026/27.
This will be possible if the place reserved for the team that wins the Champions League trophy is redistributed.
All important moments of the match are available in LIVE mode Telegram Sport.ua
Donetsk Miner They are in fourth place with a coefficient of 50.250 among the clubs competing for a possible position at the heart of the Champions League.
In the last European week, the Donetsk club added +2.625 points. This increase was achieved with a 0-0 draw with Croatian Rijeka in the 6th round of the Conference League and a sixth place in the main round final table.
Main rival Greek Olympiacos – 56,500 points remaining. The Miners can regain the 6,250-point lead if they perform well in the spring part of the European Cups.
It is interesting that Shakhtar lost the first place in the UPL (Cherkasy has the same number of points as LNZ – 35 points each), and Olympiacos lost the lead in Greece to the AEK team (36 points against 37). Ukrainian striker Roman Yaremchuk plays for the team of the city of Piraeus.
Positions rangers (59,250), 4th in Scotland and Copenhagen (53.375), placed 5th in Denmark, looks less competitive in the rankings due to its position in the national championships. Leader only in championships Dinamo Zagreb And RB Salzburg (44,000 each) but there is no certainty that the turn will come.
Let us remind you that if the cup holder buys a ticket to the Champions League through the national championship, there will be a vacancy in the main squad in the 2026/27 Champions League. In this case, a balance will arise again and if Shakhtar wins the UPL and is ahead of Olympiacos in the UEFA club rankings (or the Greek club does not become the champion of Greece), it can get a direct ticket to the base of the Champions League.
If the Piraeus team is higher in the rankings and takes advantage of the available space, the Donetsk club will start from the 4th quarter of the Champions League, not the 2nd quarter, in case they win in the UPL.
Candidates for direct tickets to the Champions League 2026/27 main stage
(In case the quota reserved for the Champions League champion becomes vacant)
UEFA Club Rankings 2026
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Source: Sport UA
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Champions League
Pedri commented on the new format of the Champions League: An unexpected look from a football player
Barcelona midfielder pedri He answered the question about his attitude towards the new format of the Champions League with the general group stage.
“Do I like the new format of the Champions League? I can’t say with 100% certainty which format I like more: this one or the previous one?”
If I have to choose, I will do something new: There were more matches between strong teams in the first stage,” said Pedri, as quoted by Esquire.
Before the 2024/2025 season, the group stage of the Champions League consisted of eight groups of four clubs each. All participants played six matches in their respective foursomes, home and away, against each of the three opponents.
From the 2024/2025 season, a new Champions League format comes into force with a common group stage of 36 clubs; each participant plays eight matches, four away and four at home; The opponents are determined by lot.”
Source: Sport UA
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