Yesterday, in the central match of the 6th round of the Ukrainian Championship, Dnipro-1 defeated Zorya Lugansk — 3:0. Your attention to the post-match comments of the head coaches of the teams.
Oleksandr Kucher, head coach of Dnipro-1: “We prepared very carefully for this game. We understood that we were playing with a good team with a strong attacking potential, fast players who acted well in attack, although we understood that they had certain problems in defense, but in general they have a very good team. In addition, the opponent has a good, experienced coach who has worked with many teams.
So we knew it would be hard. And so it was in the first half. It's good that we scored the first goal from a free kick and after that it became easier, because confidence appeared. After that, they began to create more chances and scored two more goals.
I think that our victory today is fully deserved. We scored three points and now we will move on. Now we have a difficult trip to visit Vaduz, so now we need to prepare for the next game."
Patrick van Leeuwen, Zorya head coach: “We didn’t succeed today and there’s not much to say here. The opponent had good attacking actions, and today we had minimal chances of success.
Frankly speaking, I do not know what the protracted streak of our failures is connected with. The training process continues as usual, both in Kyiv and Uzhgorod. Perhaps we need to ask our players what they did not succeed today and why it was not clear from them that they could win today.
The opponent was after the European Cup match, and we had the opportunity to put pressure, to be more aggressive than the opponent. Moreover, the Dnipro team has another match ahead of them in Europe.
But nothing terrible. We need to explain this situation to the team, and they must understand that this is professional football and it is very difficult to play in the Ukrainian championship. And you need to give all your strength to win, as it was at the beginning of the championship."