We Play On: Shakhtar Donetsk’s Fight for Ukraine, Football and Freedom (Book)

“We want to show to the world that Shakhtar Donetsk are alive. That we are strong. Not just us – the whole of Ukraine. We are continuing to play. We are continuing to win”

Foreword by Darijo Srna

“When the final whistle went during our penultimate Ukrainian Premier League match of the season against Dnipro-1 (we won 3-0 to clinch the title), I felt empty. Empty because I’d already been through every emotion.

I lived this day. This championship was the most important in the history of Ukraine. Why? Because one year before, when the war started, nobody even expected that we could play the Ukrainian championship. And one year and three months later, we were Ukrainian champions and we were going directly into the Champions League group stage again”

• Author: Andy Brassell
• Country of origin: Ukraine
• Number of pages: 272
• Language: Ukrainian