Vitaliy Ponomarev, head coach of Rukh Lviv, praised the potential of his team's closest rival in the Ukrainian league, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih.
- "In the next round of the UPL, we will have a tough match with Kryvbas, one of the strongest teams in the current championship. In my opinion, the Kryvyi Rih team is currently superior to both Shakhtar and Dynamo in certain aspects of the game," Ponomaryov was quoted as saying by Rukh's official website.
We would like to add that Kryvbas is currently in second place in the Ukrainian league standings and is only one point behind the leader Shakhtar Donetsk.