Head coach of Cherkasy LNZ Oleksandr Kovpak commented on his team's 0-2 defeat to Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih in yesterday's match of the 3rd round of the Ukrainian championship.
"It's a shame to lose. Of course, I told my players that all teams in the UPL are equal, except for some. In principle, today's game was generally equal.
We didn't have enough football luck to get that goal. If we had scored, the game would have changed. We will draw certain conclusions. We accept this defeat and move on.
What is the strength of today's Kryvbas? In the coach. He has a lot of experience. You saw that the teams are almost equal. Yuriy Vernydub's experience is showing, he rebuilds something in time, and so on. There are players who have gone through their history with him since those days, and now they are the leaders of Kryvbas. The opponent played more organised and disciplined, so the score is what it is," Kovpak's official website quoted Kryvbas as saying.