Baku. 30 January. REPORT.AZ/ "I would not say that Garabagh is weaker than HaJduk. This team is also strong and corresponding to the level of Champions League, Europa League," Serhii Kryvtsov, a footballer of Ukrainian Shakhtar (Donetsk) player said in his interview to Team 1 regarding the matches of the first training session in Antalya, Turkey. Report informs that the 28-year-old defender said they had better performance in the match in which they defeated their Azerbaijani rival with a 3: 1 score: "We were more prepared for this match and it worked. We played against a good rival. So both matches in Turkey were useful for our training."
Shakhtar’s another player Daniel Sikan distinguished Qarabag from the rivals in the first and second gathering. "We will have a lot of matches in in the first training sessions, huge work and bigger preparations compared to the first game. I do not think that any opponent can be singled out. All teams are strong. Qarabag has been strongest till today. However, we won the game. The rest teams will be weaker."