Shakhtar Donetsk head coach Igor Jovicevich talks about the defeat of his team by Dnipro-1 (1:2) in yesterday's match of the 14th round of the Ukrainian Championship.
Igor Jovichevich“We must now, after the match, congratulate Dnepr-1 on the victory. It is worth paying tribute to the opponent: the team looks great, powerful, with pragmatic football, offering a game in space through Dovbik with his characteristics and quality.
What we conceived, I personally conceived, did not work out, and the account can give such a short analysis. But we still didn’t want to deviate from our game through ball control: keep the ball, stretch, play between the lines, sharpen. But today it turned out that the space offered by Dnipro-1 was more effective than the ball. They used space in counterattacks and this allowed them to score two goals.
And we must withstand the blow, we must use this defeat and analyze. There are still many rounds ahead, many points ahead, but today it turned out that Dnipro-1 scored two goals, and we can say that we deserved the victory, ”Jovicevic said.
