Shakhtar Donetsk will tour Brazil in the month of January. The Ukrainian club is set to face some of Brazil’s biggest clubs.
The club has 13 Brazilians in its ranks as coach Lucescu is an admirer of Brazilian football. Donetsk’s connection with Brazil will now be strengthened with a tour of the South American country in January.
The Ukrainian club will train from January 9 to 16 at the facilities of the club Zico in Rio de Janeiro, before playing their first friendly match against Flamengo on January 18th.
Shakhtar will then move on to the Independencia Stadium in Belo Horizonte in order to face Atletico-MG on January 21 before going to the Beira-Rio to play against Internacional on Januart 23.
The Brazilian trip will end on January 25 in the Mineirão against the champion of Brazil, Cruzeiro.