On Sunday, November 13, in the match of the 13th round of the Ukrainian Championship, Dynamo Kyiv played a 0-0 draw with Kolos Kovalivka. The meeting was held in Kyiv at the Dynamo Stadium named after Valery Lobanovsky. Your attention is the post-match press conference of the head coaches of the teams.
Mircea Lucescu. Photo — A.PopovMircea LUCHESCU, Dynamo head coach:
- We started playing more aggressively and constructively only after Popov was sent off. That is, in the second part of the second half, we looked like a team - the guys fought, created chances. But the opponent's goalkeeper played at a very good level.
And in general, Kolos defended well today. And he played aggressively. According to statistics, this is one of the most aggressive teams in terms of tackling the ball, in terms of defensive actions.
I asked the guys to play as quickly as possible precisely because the opponent defends well, in order to avoid contacts.
The actions of the referee left much to be desired. In terms of football development.
I repeat, Kolos is one of the most aggressive teams in the championship, today they proved it. At least three of our opponent's counterattacks were very dangerous, we could concede a goal in each of these episodes.
And there were also three fouls that the referee did not see or did not want to see. I speak the language of numbers.
— Why your team lacked aggression in the first 75 minutes. Is the reason in physiology or in psychology?
- The opponent closed well, played well from defense. And we lacked such an attacker who would close our attacks. At the same time, we overdid it with the game of short passing. It was necessary to change flanks more often, send the ball into the penalty area more often, shoot more often. They did not always make the right decisions, which made it easier for the opponent.
In addition, we did not adapt well to the field, the players often slipped at the most crucial moments. Either the spikes were chosen incorrectly, or the field is in such a state.
When an opponent has such a rich defense, you need to strike more often from afar. We didn't. Or they did it when it was not necessary. As a result, they simply did not use this tool today
The championship continues. All teams can lose points.
Today we felt how important Shaparenko's role is in the team. How important his individual passes and his skill are in attack. We lacked such a player today.
Yaroslav VYSHNYAK, Kolos head coach:
- It turned out to be a fighting game. I am pleased that in such a difficult match for us, we still managed to get one point. Satisfied with the result.
- Why, when the Dynamo player was sent off and Kolos got the opportunity to snatch the victory, did your team stay in their own half of the field?
“It came as a surprise to me too. I saw that the guys wanted to counterattack. But they, apparently, were confused after the removal in the Dynamo squad, and they were not able to carry out one or two attacks in such a way as to bring their actions to their logical conclusion. Instead, the guys began to play through the defenders, the goalkeeper, began to play it safe. Maybe it's psychology...
Yaroslav Vishnyak. Photo — A.Popov- If you were told before the match that there would be such a result and such content of the game, would you be satisfied?
- As for the content of the game, we deliberately gave the initiative to the opponent, tried to play on counterattacks, waited for our chanson at interceptions. So we expected the game to develop in this way and prepared for it.
As for the result... Now the matches are going so well that something unusual happens in every round. So I don't know how I would have reacted if I had been told before the match that we would draw.
But given the way the game has evolved, I'm happy with the result. Still, we must admit that Dynamo created better scoring chances.
Alexander POPOV from the Dynamo Stadium named after Valery Lobanovsky
