2023-10-23 20:15:34
He Shakhtar Donetskwho will visit the Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc this Wednesday (6:45 p.m.) to face Barça on the third day of the group stage of the Champions League, reached an agreement this Monday with the hitherto assistant coach of Feyenoord, the Croatian Marino Pusic (52 years old) to take charge of the team to replace the interim coach Dario Srna. This was stated by journalist Fabrizio Romano, who added that the Ukrainian club will announce it this Tuesday.
Pusic He still will not sit on the Shakhtar bench this Wednesday in Montjuïc, where his compatriot will be Srnalegend and also current sports director of the Ukrainian team, who provisionally held the position after the dismissal of the Dutchman last week Patrick van Leeuwen.
In his debut on the bench, Srna achieved a resounding victory (3-0) to LNZ Cherkasy in a Ukrainian league match that keeps Shakhtar two points off the lead with one game less, and this Wednesday they will seek to make a splash against the Blaugrana to continue with full chances of qualifying for the round of 16.
In the debut with Srna, Shakhtar won 3-0 in the Ukrainian league
The last time Barça and Shakhtar faced each other, in quarterfinals of the Champions League 2010/11 (5-1 in the first leg at the Camp Nou and 0-1 in Donetsk), Srna He was one of the footballers in the team he managed at the time. Mircea Lucescu. In fact, a few years later he was in the Barça club’s sights to reinforce the right back but he rejected the offer following his heart.
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