Vladyslav Vanat: "The missed goal led to panic"

Dynamo Kyiv striker Vladyslav Vanat commented on his team's match against Rukh (1:1) in the 21st round of the Ukrainian championship, which took place today in Lviv.

- Vladyslav, until the conceded goal, Dynamo controlled the game. Why was the second half not so successful?

- I think that after the first goal we had to play a little calmer, lure the opponent to our half of the field and act more on the counterattack. Instead, we started pressing the opponent and conceded a goal, which led to panic.

- Did Rukh act differently from Kyiv's opponents in the previous few matches, actively attacking and pressing?

- Yes, Rukh is a good team, they have talented youngsters. They played well in the UEFA Youth League and today they played quite well.

- Was your goal a combination you practiced during training?

- Yes, in training, often in such episodes, the coaches require the wingers and defenders to shoot from the bottom, and I need to be in the right place and score goals like that.

- Is playing ahead of the game your "element", your strong point?

- I wouldn't call it my element, it's just something I have to do. And in today's game I did what I had to do.

- Dynamo's next match is against Shakhtar. Are these matches always special?

- Of course, we have to go to this match and play to win. These matches are always special, important for both teams regardless of the tournament circumstances.

- Has this rivalry been a matter of principle for you since you were a kid?

- Of course, at the children's level, these were the main matches of the season, because these are two strong academies that have always fought for prizes. And since childhood, our coaches have instilled in us a kind of principled nature of this confrontation, so even at the children's level there were no easy matches.