Ukrainian Premier League

Visit to the Shakhtar Donetsk training camp and meeting their Brazilian stars

FC Shakhtar Donetsk kicked-off their summer pre-season training camp at the renowned Hote Residence Klosterpforte in Marienfeld, Germany on Monday.

The Ukrainian giants will train at the world-class facilities for the next two weeks, besides playing a few friendly matches.

I visited the training camp yesterday and had a look at Shakhtar’s intense training session under the watchful eyes of their Portuguese head coach Paulo Fonseca.

I also had the chance to met some of the Brazilian players in the squad including Ismaily Gonçalves, Brazilian international Taison, Márcio Azevedo and Marlos.

Here are two pictures from my visit to the Shakhtar Donetsk training camp…

Chris Punnakkattu Daniel

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