Midfielder of Dnipro 1 Oleksandr Pychalenok commented on the failure of his team in two-match clash with Cyprus AEK (0:1, 0:0) in the 1/16 finals of the Conference League.
"The first official matches are always different from the friendly games. A completely different level of responsibility, and the pace is different. That was especially felt in the first game.
In the second game it was a little easier, but we were already losing on aggregate.
AEK has a very competent team, they closed well and it was very hard for us to create chances. The absence of Dovbik also played a role. It was hard in front without him and it resulted in our failure to pass to the next stage,"- Pihalenok said. FanDay.