Dnipro-1 head coach Oleksandr Kucher commented on his team's 1-1 draw with Czech side Slavia in the return leg of the Europa League 3rd qualifying round. It will be recalled that the Dnipro team failed to reach the next round of the tournament on the basis of the sum of the two meetings (0:3, 1:1) and will now continue to play in the Conference League.
"If we compare our two matches with Slavia, it was clear that today there was a team on the pitch. The guys didn't give up the fight to the opponent, they tried to play, they wanted to win, but the conceded goal broke us a little bit.
Still, with the score 1-0, we still had chances, and we had a moment. Of course, we didn't want to concede so quickly, but we believed in winning.
We played four matches in the European Cups against good teams. We had to travel a lot. Of course, it's hard to recover, because when you spend five hours on the road, you arrive and it's not always possible to recover.
Now our rival is Spartak Trnava. We will continue to study and watch. There are no easy opponents in such tournaments. Everyone gives all their strength and emotions for such matches. We will have a difficult confrontation. We will study the opponent, but I know for sure that it will not be easy for us," Kucher said at the post-match press conference.