On Saturday, March 4, in a match of the 16th round of the Ukrainian championship Dynamo Kyiv lost to Inhults Petrovo with the score 0:2. The match took place in Kyiv at the Dynamo Stadium named after Valerii Lobanovskii. Here is the post-match press conference of the teams' head coaches.
Mircea Lucescu. Photo - YurievMircea Lucescu, head coach of Dynamo:
- First of all I congratulate my opponent for the victory. He achieved what he wanted to. Due to the great commitment and good organization of the game.
But I should add that both goals to our goal came after gross mistakes of the referee. In the first case it was a foul - the game was not on the ball, but in our player, in the second case it was a handicap. These refereeing mistakes and misinterpretations in other episodes led not only to the conceded goals. Our players were constantly arguing with the referee and eventually they lost the thread of the game.
And this is not the first time. There were four or five such games under Monzul's guidance. There were suspensions in our lineup as well. This leaves a lot of question marks. Why such an attitude against us? In the episode with the second goal, the opponent played with his hand. Then Monzul said that there was a hand, but it was not a foul. How can I understand it?
I have not said much about refereeing all the time, but unfortunately, we must admit that Monzul, so it seems, simply treats our team and its players with mockery.
- What is the state of Ramires who came back to Dynamo after the lease agreement? Will he be able to help the team in the next matches?
- He returned two days ago. We do not know yet in what degree he is ready.
In the penalty area we are lacking a "killer", who would complete our attacking actions. We bring the ball to the opponent's goal, enter the penalty area, dominate. But the absence of that kind of player and nervousness prevented us from completing those chances in a better fashion. Which we had plenty of today.
Young players (Tsarenko, Dyachuk, Voloshyn) are making their debut at the official level, and it is a pity that from the first games these guys are facing an unfair refereeing. This is not good for their growth.
- Wasn`t there any underestimation on your part?
- No. I can't help but tune the team for every match. Moreover, we knew how Ingulets would play, we knew that we would expect a hard fight, a lot of long passes from the rival, a lot of counterattacks. We just did not think that the referee would make mistakes so easily. Intentional or not, I do not know.
We have good young players, and I am sure that the guys will pass this moment of hardening. But now in the locker room, of course, they were all upset.
In all the matches under the refereeing of Monzul we had problems. I wish she would not officiate our matches anymore.
- To what extent do you count on Ramadani as a newcomer to the team?
- Ramadani is a promising young player. He plays in the youth team of Northern Macedonia. The club should think about the future. Perhaps he is a replacement for Sidorchuk. But it is too early to say anything - Ramadani is only two days with us. He has a good future, as do all our youngsters. But we must wait.
- What was the nervousness of Dynamo players in the closing phases of attacks related to?
- It was a consequence of hustle and bustle. Including the fact that the scoreboard was 0-2. Plus, the manner of officiating, because of which we lost the threads of the game: our players were constantly arguing with the referee. Many players in such situations can't control their emotions. All this was to our detriment.
Sergiy Kovalets, Ingulets head coach:
- Good emotions. We played against a team of European level. The victory is nice. We played thanks to VSU. We`ve also made a present to our club`s president on his birthday.
As for the match itself, the game was intense. Both teams did a great amount of running. Maybe we did not succeed in everything in terms of quality of play, but for us it was important, above all, the result, and we achieved it.
Sergey Kovalets. Photo by: Yuriev- When did you feel that Dynamo was out of form today, and that you could pick up points?
- Kyiv Dynamo will always be Kyiv Dynamo. This team is known all over the world. And every team has both good and not so good periods. But Dynamo is the team which represents Ukraine on the European arena. Last year it played a lot of charity matches.
It can only seem that today we won easily. "Dynamo" played very well. But we in turn defended well and ran out on the counterattack no less well.
- Once you were the first coach, who beat Shakhtar at the Donbass Arena. And now, the first official game at the helm of Inhults, and the victory immediately. Maybe you are not a comfortable coach for Lucescu?
- We talked to Lucescu before the match. I thanked him for supporting Ukraine in the war and for bringing up a lot of young players. Tsygankov and Zabarniy were the leading performers of his Dynamo, and now they've moved to European clubs. Lucescu should be thanked for that. What he does is respected.
As for comfortable or inconvenient coach... It just happened...
- What did you dream about the night before today's match?
- Today I surprisingly slept peacefully. I wish all of us such peaceful nights. And once again, thanks to the Ukrainian armed forces! Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the nation! And kaput to the Russian Federation!
Alexander POPOV from the Dynamo Stadium named after Valery Lobanovsky
