Arda Turan praises PSV after the draw and calls the stadium unbeatable

After an exciting Champions League‑duel at the Philips Stadium, Shakhtar Donetsk finished with a 1‑1 draw against PSV’s Eindhoven side, after which coach Arda Turan spoke praising his team and found the stadium insurmountable. He emphasized that a point is a good start in this billion‑ball.

"If you had asked me before the match, I would already have been happy with one point," Turan began at the press conference. He explained that he had told his players not to stay on the same line during the attack, causing them to take diagonal positions. "It is important to adopt the correct body posture when you are up against a team that presses so high," he added.

The Turkish coach praised his team's fighting spirit and said that he himself had learned a lot tactically. "It is impossible to play well for ninety minutes against PSV in this stadium," Turan said, while referring to the victories of Atlético Madrid and Bayern Munich in the same stadium last season, which he claimed were not dominant. He concluded with the words that his players stood strong and confident.