Castro decided on the lineup
Thursday, October 15, 2020
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On Saturday, October 17, Shakhtar will host Lviv at the NSC Olimpiyskiy
The scheduled Ukrainian League meeting will be held without any spectators present. It kicks off at 17:00.
Routine testing
On October 15, all the players, coaches and staff involved in the match preparation had the coronavirus tests taken. The results are expected tomorrow morning.
20 players
The Orange-and-Blacks continue training at the Sviatoshyn suburban complex. The training programme included squares, small-sided games and shooting practice. The Miners’ mentor has 17 outfield players and 3 goalkeepers at his disposal.
“I’ve already decided on the starting lineup for the match against Lviv, I made every decision,” stressed Luis Castro. “Hopefully, nothing will happen before the game. We are ready!”
Watch the full interview with the team’s manager in the evening Shakhtar News bulletin on the club TV channel at 19:36.
Vakula is back in the ranks
Mampassi, Churko, Shostak and Honcharuk have trained with the team for three days now. It’s worth mentioning the return to the general group of Vakula who has not yet played this season. Vladyslav made his debut for Shakhtar in last season’s league campaign - he appeared vs Kolos and Oleksandriia as a right-back before undergoing surgery in late July. It took the footballer two and a half months to recover.
Solomon is coming back
Tomorrow, Manor Solomon is expected to join the teammates after playing for longer than other Israel internationals - he spent 120 minutes in a qualifier vs Scotland, and then 90 minutes in each of the UEFA Nations League games vs the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Yesterday, it was his assist that laid the foundation of the Israelis’ comeback win in Trnava (through Zahavi's hat-trick that changed it from 0-2 to 3-2).
