The acting head coach of Kharkiv's Metalist 1925, Oleh Holodyuk, criticized the conditions of the match in Oleksandriya.
Oleg Golodyuk- "It was a very difficult game in very difficult weather conditions, on a very difficult pitch against a good opponent. I think the fans liked it, but we had a little bit of a headache after this game because a lot of players were injured. Believe me, I'm sure that at the moment the guys have done what they could. They flew back from Turkey, trained for two weeks on a synthetic pitch, and then immediately played on a flooded pitch, one might say in a swamp, which is very difficult. These are by no means excuses. It's just that it also played a role," the official website quotes Golodiuk as saying. "Metalist 1925's official website.
