
Shakhtar Donetsk sporting director Darijo Srna expects every television in war-torn Ukraine will be tuned to his team’s Conference League semi-final against Crystal Palace on Thursday evening.
Krakow’s Synerise Arena is the latest stop on Shakhtar’s exile tour – one that, on Saturday, will be marked by the 12th anniversary of their final match at the Donbas Arena, played just weeks after heavily armed pro-Russian separatists seized the city and swathes of the surrounding region.