Minaya head coach Volodymyr Sharan spoke about his team's expectations for the match against Dynamo Kyiv in the 1st round of the Ukrainian league to be held tomorrow in the capital.
"The preparation for the championship is behind us. We played seven control matches. To varying degrees, I am somewhat satisfied, somewhere not. To a greater extent, it's about the game. However, I can see that we have gained conditioning. They are not 100 per cent, but we are only in the first round. I think it will be a serious test for us.
The opponent is serious. We are well aware of this. Despite Dynamo's result in the last championship, in the current draw I see that Dynamo will only fight for gold medals. The matches that we saw during the training camp with Dynamo, they won with big scores, showed great football, and are in good shape. And Andriy Yarmolenko is a reinforcement. He is the team leader who has returned to Dynamo.
The main thing is that we are psychologically ready for this match. The first round is very important for further confidence," Sharan said.