KORNIENKO: “When I scored a free-kick, I was called the second Yarik in Shakhtar”

Shakhtar defender Victor Kornienko confirmed that his game was compared to former Pitmen’s centre-back Yaroslav Rakitskiy:

“Of course, when I got to Shakhtar, they started telling me from all sides that I was the second Rakitskiy.

When I scored a goal from a free-kick, they said: that’s it, we have the second Yarik. Well, that’s cool, cool.”