On Thursday, November 17, in the postponed match of the 1st round of the Ukrainian Championship, Dynamo Kyiv defeated Ingulets from Petrovo with a score of 2:1. 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 — Y. YuryevMircea LUCHESCU, Dynamo head coach:
- Our task today was to take three points. Which is what we did. But the match was difficult. However, we expected this. "Ingulets" defended well, in an organized manner, while demonstrating excellent fighting qualities. In general, I must say that most of the championship teams play well and in an organized manner, they also have fighting qualities and can cling to points in a match against any opponent.
Today there was an intensive start in the performance of "Ingulets". Then we took the game into our own hands, made the opponent make a mistake. First - in a situation with a penalty, then - in a situation with a second goal. It was necessary to score a third goal. He would remove all questions. And then the balance of power on the scoreboard would be what it is in reality.
Congratulated the guys in the locker room. Including Tsygankov, who played a good match today. I congratulated the team, first of all, on three points. But besides this, with the fact that she withstood the fighting character of her opponent. It was important not to lose in this fight, and not just to show superiority in game components.
I can't help but single out Buyalsky, who did a huge amount of work today. Including rough. He put a lot of pressure, participated in all the attacks, earned a penalty. It is a pity that he did not score the third goal in the episode when he had the opportunity to do so. He deserved this goal today. Just like our team as a whole.
- Why did your team lose in aggression in the middle of the second half? And why did you allow the opponent to score the ball, which introduced unnecessary tension for you?
- The missed goal is the result of our inattention. 2:0 is always a dangerous score, I told the guys at half-time not to relax. The goal against our goal was caused by an error in clearing the ball and an error in rebounding the ball. We allowed the opponent to reduce the score, and he caught the courage and went forward. This explains the segment of the match you mentioned, which became more successful for Ingulets and less successful for us. Perhaps the substitutions made also had an effect - they did not add spice to us ahead.
- In the case of a goal conceded, Sirota also made a mistake. Are you looking for another central defender during the winter off-season?
— I think Burda can play at this level. He recovered from his injury. In addition, we have our youth. There is, for example, Anton Bol. He has perspective.
And in general, in this difficult period, it is important for Ukrainian young players to provide an opportunity to grow, improve and reach a different level. It's about all our youth. It should grow from game to game. And add I trust them. And I want them to become the players of the main team of Dynamo. I prefer to educate our young players, to trust them. Because now it is difficult to imagine a top legionnaire in our league. And I see no point in taking a mediocre foreigner to the position of our young guys.
Mladen Bartulovich. Photo — Y. YuryevMladen BARTULOVICH, acting Ingulets head coach:
- First of all, I would like to thank all the heroes who defend Ukraine. We thank them for giving us the opportunity to play football! Also, words of gratitude to our now former head coach Sergey Lavrinenko for the experience he gave me. And finally, I am grateful to the president of our club, who gave me the opportunity to work at such a difficult moment.
As for the game, today was a very, very good match in our performance. I especially liked how we spent the first half. Too bad we got a penalty. And then we conceded the second, not at all obligatory goal. After that, it was difficult to play with such an opponent as Dynamo. But we talked with the guys during the break, set them up, asked them to find an opportunity to score. They coped with this task. Something was missing for the second goal. Perhaps luck.
Alexander POPOV from the Dynamo Stadium named after Valery Lobanovsky
