Shakhtar in Spain: two games in two days

Shakhtar Donetsk continue to prepare for the resumption of the season, keeping the media attention firmly fixed on them. Shakhtar everyday life there is closely watched by the Spanish and Russian journalists alongside the crew of Football channel. The most in-demand players are Willian, Darijo Srna and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

Tonight, at 20:00 EET, the Orange-Blacks face their second fixture within the Copa del Sol international tournament. At the same time, a live online text commentary of the game with Rosenborg kicks off. It is already known that Mircea Lucescu’s charges will wear their regular orange-and-black kits.

By the way, today the teams will confer on the number of possible substitutions. In Shakhtar’s case, the conversation may decide who can take part in the match and how much load the players will get. Meanwhile, a friendly with the Polish Piast is scheduled for tomorrow for those players who do not appear in today's game vs Rosenborg. Now we offer the readers to take a closer look at the opposition.

The game Shakhtar-Piast kicks off at 17:00 EET on 29 January. Our audience will be able to follow the game developments reading the online text commentary on our website.

This morning, Shakhtar trained in full, except for Alan Patrick. the Brazilian midfielder worked in line with his individual training programme. Mircea Lucescu takes interest in the players’ problems and their physical condition, requiring the lads to listen to him in order for them to not fall out of an important phase of training. Besides, Mister adds: “We are here to prepare well for the season.”

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