The head coach of Veresa Rovno Yuriy Virt summed up the results of yesterday's match between his team and Shakhtar Donetsk (1:2) on matchday 27 of the Ukrainian championship. It should be recalled that the Pitmen managed to net the winning goal on 83 minutes.
- I thanked the players today for their attitude towards the game. It was a good and battling match. The boys came out with a maximum attitude. We somewhat regrouped; we've played with such a tactical scheme for the first time and, in general, we were able to handle Shakhtar's attacks.
We conceded the first goal when we were outnumbered. Oleksandr Matkobozhyk was off the field at the time. And our partners didn't do enough for him somewhere.
At half-time they asked us to improve our work with the ball. We easily lost the ball and could not get on the counterattack. There were a lot of mistakes. Bohdan Kogut gave us confidence after a penalty kick. And the substituted players added aggression. Standard position brought us success. Then we wanted to close down all the areas as much as possible. But we conceded a very easy goal. Three centre-backs let Mykola Matviyenko through. Such moments must be worked through to the end.
In terms of the game, effort - everything is good. But they don`t give points for that. Everything was good today except for the unscored points.
I think that Shakhtar will remember this game. It certainly wasn't easy for them. The only thing I would like is to switch better from defence to attack. It made me nervous a lot. Not the best day in terms of ball control.
Now, the most important game of the season for us is the next one against Oleksandrija," said Wirth.