On Thursday, October 27, in the match of the 5th round of the group stage of the Europa League, Dynamo Kyiv played a 3:3 draw away from Cypriot AEK. Your attention is the post-match press conference of the head coach of the Ukrainian team Mircea Lucescu.
Mircea Lucescu— We deserved more. Due to stupid mistakes, we conceded goals. I would like to note that AEK is a very good team with good physical preparation. We lost the fight, AEK players played much more aggressively, faster. Physically, they were superior to us. But we surpassed the opponent in scoring chances. We didn't implement a few good features. And the opponents took advantage of our mistakes and scored three goals.
This is a success for AEK, they really wanted to leave the group. Their game against all the teams in the group came as a surprise. And we still have an important match against Fenerbahce, because we have to prove that we are the best team in the group. We did not achieve good results, but we had very good matches.
Congratulations to AEK on getting into the Conference League. I hope they continue to move forward and surprise European clubs. This is a team with good, experienced, technical performers. It's a pity that in the second half our rivals tried to play for time, there were many stops. We wanted to win, but we only had a good time in the final parts of both halves, when the team showed a desire to win.
Tomorrow we will have a way back to Ukraine. We will be on the road all day. On Sunday we will have a match in the championship, and the next day we will cross the border again and go to Krakow, where we will play against Fenerbahce. It is very hard to spend 10 hours on the road several times a week.
Today, the players lacked physical strength. But technically, the team looked good. Despite the fact that the team is deprived of the opportunity to constantly train. It is a pity that we were not able to leave the group. I think we deserved it. It's fantastic that AEK left the group for the Conference League. They really wanted it, and they succeeded. I congratulate them on this.
