Shakhtar Donetsk head coach Igor Jovicevich spoke on the results of yesterday's match between his team and Vorskla Poltava (3:2) in the 15th round of the Ukrainian Championship.
“We played the last match with Dnipro-1 and deservedly lost. Our opponent was mentally better prepared and took three points. And the refereeing was good. So we can.
I'm talking about a fresh match, but the fact that there were strange things in previous games - I see it. We must add to this. We are all improving. As a coach, when I lose, I understand that I have a large margin, that I must also learn and improve. And if this does not change from round to round, then we are talking about bad refereeing.
But if the conclusions are made correctly and the referee committee makes decisions, then this is to the benefit of Ukrainian football. So that you do not think who is judging there, that the same person is sitting on VAR all the time. What, no other judges? Then you should think about it and comment on it for the benefit of Ukrainian football.
You saw how hard it was today: for three hours you sat without light in the locker room and thought not about how to disassemble the tactics, but whether the bomb would fall. So we, the entire Ukrainian people, must unite now. Do not criticize each other, do not fire the coach because of defeats. This is war. This is a war in Ukraine. I cannot understand this. Why are we divided? This was not the case in Croatia: when there was a war, everyone was one. 40 million people now must breathe as one. And I am here with you. And I want you all to think as one,” said Jovicevich.