Sergiy Kovalets, head coach of Petrovsk "Ingulets" commented on yesterday's victory of his team over Dynamo Kyiv (2:0).
Sergey Kovalets - Sergey Ivanovich, congratulations on your victory over Dynamo. Please comment on the last match.
- It was a good match. The game was intense and tense. We understood that Dinamo were solving their problems in terms of tactics and results. It is nice that Inhults players have done everything the coaching staff wanted to see. We put a lot of effort into this. The victory is very pleasant because it is my debut as the head coach of Inhults. For the players it is also a great success, as they beat Dynamo for the first time. Yesterday was the birthday of our coach Bohdan Shust, and tomorrow is the birthday of the club president Oleksandr Povoroznyuk. So we gave him not a tie, but the victory.
- Oleksandr Povoroznyuk congratulated the team? Will there be any special prizes for the victory over Dynamo from Inhults president?
- Yes, immediately after the match he congratulated the team with the victory. Of course, there will be a bonus. The president decides.
- At the post-match press conference Mircea Lucescu said that the result of the match was influenced by the gross mistakes of the referee Catherine Monzul. You do not agree with his opinion?
- This is the opinion of Dynamo head coach, he is entitled to his point of view. Lucescu is an experienced coach. I talked to him after the match, thanked him for his support of Ukraine during the full-scale war. He brings up Ukrainian footballers. The same Zabarnyy started playing in the starting lineup under Lucescu. Now Dinamo also have a lot of young players. I think the head coach does a good job at Dynamo. As for yesterday's match refereeing - I think it was at a good level.
- While preparing for the match against Dynamo, did you manage to watch many matches of Kyiv on the training camp?
- We watched one game live. Of course, we analyzed the game of Kyiv. "It is easy to analyze Dynamo. They have played a lot of matches. We knew who would play in the lineup and according to what scheme. It was important to psychologically prepare the players of Ingults, so they were confident in their abilities.
- Are you satisfied with Ingults' transfer campaign?
- We strengthened according to our capabilities. Yesterday two newcomers to the team came on as replacements and helped us. All clubs are always looking for reinforcements. In general, I am satisfied with all players and the team.
I want to thank the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the fact that we can play soccer now.
Andriy Kaplun
