Dnipro-1 midfielder Oleksandr Pikhalyonok commented on his team's big victory over Dynamo Kyiv (3:0) in yesterday's match of the 2nd round of the Ukrainian Championship.
Alexander Pikhalenok- Alexander, today after the game, the emotions are clearly the opposite of what they were three days ago... (after the defeat of Dnipro-1 from the Cypriot AEK with a score of 0:3 in the second leg of the playoffs of the Europa League qualifying round - ed. note).
- Oh sure. (Smiling). In my opinion, everything that did not fly into the gates of AEK flew in today. The result is very satisfying and now we will prepare for the next matches.
“Frankly, few people expected such a result. How did you tune in to this game yourself?
— In every match, we set ourselves up to win, as we always do. Today we played in a very organized manner. Everything that Alexander Nikolaevich Kucher demanded of us - we succeeded.
- How difficult was it to recover after the match in Cyprus, and how much confidence will this victory give?
- Victory will certainly give strength and mood to the team. Yes, it was hard, because we played on Thursday, then there was a flight, transfers, but we gathered our strength and won today.
- Can this victory be considered a rehabilitation after the departure from AEK or are these two different things?
- It's hard to say, these are still different tournaments. We prepare for every match.
