On Friday, 4 August, in the match of the 2nd round of the Ukrainian championship Dynamo Kyiv 4:2 another capital club - Obolon. The meeting took place in Kyiv at the Obolon Arena stadium. Here is the post-match press conference of the teams' head coaches.
Mircea Lucescu. Photo - Y.YurievMircea LUCHEU, Dynamo head coach:
- It was an interesting match. Both teams showed aggressive football. There were a lot of long passes. Both from the side of our team and from the opponent.
"Obolon" created a lot of problems for us. But, on the other hand, after the first half the score could have been 5-0 in our favour, so many chances we had, so many standard positions.
"Obolon" approached this match well. And the players of our team looked a bit relaxed.
But in general, I am satisfied with the result, satisfied with the three points that we got today. True, the pitch was heavy. And only compliments to the opponent - Obolon always plays well at home, and today they wanted to beat us.
- In two matches Dynamo conceded three goals. Is it the fault of the centre-backs or Buschan?
- All of them. There were problems both with the central defenders and the goalkeeper.
Валерий Иващенко. Фото — Ю.ЮрьевValeriy Ivashchenko, Obolon head coach:
- How did you manage to adjust the team that it played so well against Dynamo?
- Did you like it?
- Very much!
- Thank you! This is the work of the coaching staff. We do not take stars from the sky, and we play with the players we have. But that's the coach's job. We have to work and not complain that something is missing. I think, if the guys will perform with such dedication, they have a future.
- How did you plan to solve the problem of Vanat? He still scored today...
- If he scored, it means that the defenders did not work enough. We slightly changed the scheme of the game, tried to neutralise Tymchik and Dubinchak, who connect to attacks. We sat down a bit, and Dynamo managed to use free zones. But this is football, here everything is decided by small things. I think there was a penalty on Moroz. Two goals were not counted. There were other controversial moments. They hit you psychologically. Especially on the young guys.
- Lucescu said that in the course of the match the score could be 5-0 in favour of Dynamo. How do you comment on it?
- Lucescu always defends his players. A coach as a commander should behave like that. No matter how the team plays. In this regard, Lucescu is good.
- People constantly complain about the quality of the pitch at Obolon Arena. Can something be done about this problem?
- Change the pitch. But this is money. We do not mind changing the pitch. It is 15 years old.
Oleksandr POPOV from Obolon Arena
