Serhiy Kravchenko: "Rotan's suspension is a consequence of a provocation by the Dnipro-1 bench

Serhiy Kravchenko, one of Oleksandriya's coaches, summed up yesterday's postponed match of the 1st round of the Ukrainian championship with Dnipro 1 (1-1), which was interrupted in November due to an air raid and was not resumed on the day.

"We are satisfied both with the quality of our team's play and with the result. We wanted to win, but a draw against the league leader is a good result. I think it was a legitimate result.

Our task is to qualify for the European competitions, so every point is important to us. For us, for our team. All the more one point against the leader. We snatched points from Shakhtar and Dnipro 1 fighting for the championship. But it is their business. We have our own targets.

As for the situation with Ruslan Rotan's sending off, our head coach was not happy with the referee's decision to award a penalty to Oleksandriya. These are the usual emotions. And from the bench he was provoked by Dnipro 1. We are all human beings, all of us are emotional. Especially after such a decision. Therefore, what happened happened. The head coach was provoked, he did not hold back," Kravchenko said.