The head coach of Kryvbas Kryvbas Yuriy Vernidub talks about the defeat of his team by Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (0:2) in today's match of the 14th round of the Ukrainian Championship.
Yuri Vernidub. Photo - fckryvbas.com“Not enough character. This is what the opponent had enough today. So it is impossible to play without character. Although the guys were warned that it was a very important match. Moreover, everything was done in order to play at the home stadium in Krivoy Rog.
Such an incomprehensible first ball flew in ... It somewhere, perhaps, played its role, broke the guys. Although there was a moment, forget Dmitry Khomchenovsky... Everything would have been different. Metalist 1925 after the goal changed the vector of the game, started playing on counterattacks. And we needed to score, so many attacked. At the end of the half, we conceded the second goal on the counterattack. I think it “broke” the team psychologically. And the second half is already such a game... No one scored.
I really didn't like our game. First of all, in terms of lack of character. Should have shown it. If he is not there, I think the question is for me as a head coach. We will deal with the guys why it happened. I think the next game will be completely different, but we'll see.
Weather? They were the same for both teams. You have to tune in and play in any weather. I told the guys before the game: only character, only struggle, then we will win. But when the players come to the locker room from the field, and their T-shirt is not dirty, is it a struggle?” Vernidub said.
