Head coach of Poltava Vorskla Viktor Skrypnyk told what he expects from the two-match confrontation with Georgian Dila in the 2nd qualifying round of the Conference League. The rivals will play the first match today, and the return game - a week later.
Viktor Skrypnyk"No matter how many friendlies you play, before the first official match of the season you won't have a clear understanding of where you stand and how strong you are on your feet. Any coach will tell you that. That's why we're worried. But we also know that everything depends on us, on the mood with which we will go into the upcoming match.
Of course, we studied our opponent from the matches with DAK in the previous stage of the Conference League. "Dila" showed a very good game. Already after the first match there were big doubts that DAK will be able to go further.
"Dila" is a very good, technical team, which is coached by a highly qualified specialist. So very difficult matches await us. But we must look at ourselves, and only then at the opponent.
We already have a plan for the first match. But there are certain nuances - we will make the last decisions on the day of the game. We have a picture of how Dila plays. I repeat, it is a powerful team with quality players in the squad (we are talking about both foreigners and pupils of the club).
Our disadvantage is that, unlike our opponents, we have not played a single official match. But I see how the eyes of all the guys are burning. We are "Vorskla", and we are not going to adjust to the opponent. We have our own plan, and we want to realise it on the pitch. And how it will be, the game will show," Skrypnyk said at the pre-match press conference.
