Assistant coach of the national team of Ukraine Raul riancho called reasons Shakhtar became the base club of the national team.
In the last two qualifying matches for the 2018 world Cup with Turkey (2:2) and Kosovo (3:0) Andriy Shevchenko produced identical starting lineup. Based on six players “Shakhtar” (Pyatov, Butko, Kucher, Ordets, Stepanenko and Kovalenko), owned by “miners” Sable, Yarmolenko (Dynamo), Zinchenko (PSV), Linnet (Schalke) and Kravets (“Granada”).
“In the last game the national team of Ukraine there were 7 players of Shakhtar, if we consider such a Sable. The same story was with Spain, which won the world Cup with 7 players Barca or Germany with 6 players of FC Bayern”.
The coach uses the players with the best dynamics. Now it is better than the players of Shakhtar. Shevchenko is a smart man, and he sees what the team’s best trends. Now it is observed in the miner. So playing this team. So do all trainers in the world — this is no novelty,” said Riancho in interview to the program “Profootball” on TV channel “2+2”.
The Spanish coach of the national team of Ukraine also stressed that he considers Eduard Sobol player with the potential of a top player, and noted the progress made by Ivan Ordets, who managed to oust from the starting lineup Yevhen Khacheridi.
