I’m ready for the next challenge!
Thursday, December 5, 2019
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Shakhtar striker Junior Moraes speaks about the games vs Olimpik and Atalanta, Taison's award, and cold weather
- Junior, how are you feeling?
- I feel fine and I’m ready for the next challenge!
- Can we say that the meeting with Olimpik is less important than the encounter with Atalanta that will be the grand finale of the year?
- We know how important the game against Atalanta is, but it would be a very big mistake to appear for the match against Olimpik and think about the Champions League. In no case, we’ll do so. We must fully focus on both games. We currently need a positive result in the league, and only then we will begin to think about Atalanta.
- You attended the award ceremony when Taison was awarded the Ukrainian Golden Ball. Did you mark it later in any way, did the team congratulate him?
- Yes, it’s always very important when one of us gets recognition. We work hard for this. Taison fully deserved his award and, as the team leader, he thanked absolutely everyone for their help. I believe that when there’s this kind of individual victory, it’s of great importance for the whole club.
- There is an opinion that the Brazilians’ performance directly depends on the ambient temperature: the colder, the more difficult it is for you to showcase your football ...
- I would put it like this: with snow - yes, it’s always more difficult, but talking about low temperature, we’ve been here for a long while and got used to it. Therefore, it’s not so tough for us.
- I feel fine and I’m ready for the next challenge!
- Can we say that the meeting with Olimpik is less important than the encounter with Atalanta that will be the grand finale of the year?
- We know how important the game against Atalanta is, but it would be a very big mistake to appear for the match against Olimpik and think about the Champions League. In no case, we’ll do so. We must fully focus on both games. We currently need a positive result in the league, and only then we will begin to think about Atalanta.
- You attended the award ceremony when Taison was awarded the Ukrainian Golden Ball. Did you mark it later in any way, did the team congratulate him?
- Yes, it’s always very important when one of us gets recognition. We work hard for this. Taison fully deserved his award and, as the team leader, he thanked absolutely everyone for their help. I believe that when there’s this kind of individual victory, it’s of great importance for the whole club.
- There is an opinion that the Brazilians’ performance directly depends on the ambient temperature: the colder, the more difficult it is for you to showcase your football ...
- I would put it like this: with snow - yes, it’s always more difficult, but talking about low temperature, we’ve been here for a long while and got used to it. Therefore, it’s not so tough for us.