Rakitskiy eager to salvage hopes

The Ukrainian side open up matchday five with a home clash against the Portuguese champions, knowing a win is vital to their chances of progressing in continental competition. Losing to Porto would see Mirce Lucescus men crash out of Europe as well as scupper their chances of a Europa League place, and Rakitskiy knows it."Tomorrow we will do our best to avoid the mistakes we made in previous Champions League matches," he is quoted as saying on Uefa.com. "We need to win to preserve our chances of reaching the knockout stage. "In previous seasons weve played much better. That concerns our defence, as well as the attack."From their current position, Shakhtar will have to improve significantly to match last seasons quarter-final finish in the competition.
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