Shakhtar Donetsk head coach Mircea Lucescu spoke about Henrikh Mkhitaryan, the leading player of his team, in an interview with the official UEFA website reporter.
“First of all, he is a very polite young man,” said Lucescu. That should be the foundation of a professional football career. Mkhitaryan has all those basic qualities and that is one of the reasons why I wanted to invite him to Shakhtar. He played in “Pyunik” and “Metalurg” Donetsk, and I was familiar with his qualities, I knew what he could give to “Shakhtar”. I should have let Judson, the most respected player in our team, the scorer of the UEFA Cup final, leave. Together with his family, he wanted to return to his homeland, preparing to become a father for the second time. He was replaced by Mkhitaryan, who accelerates the game and quickly opens lanes. Henrich creates scoring opportunities for others, but can decide the situation himself. He is a versatile footballer and is often effective as a holding midfielder as well. He can become our key player at the moment, although there are other important players in the team, such as Srna, Fernandinho, Willian or Rakitic. But the development of Mkhitaryan is our huge progress. And I think he has an impressive career ahead of him.”
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