Vorskla midfielder Igor Perduta told what helped the team to break the series of failures in the Ukrainian championship (Poltava team defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 in the 9th round).
- First of all, it was important not to concede a quick goal. And not only because the Pitmen are active in the opening period, but for various reasons we were without our main stoppers Chesnakov and Santana. We managed to do it without much difficulty. Pavlyuk, Hripchuk and Krupski played reliably, clearly fulfilling the set-up for the game.
The chosen tactics paid dividends. We are talking about tight resistance in the middle area and clear back-up at the penalty area. We cannot say that the Pitmen were not ready for it, but we did not allow them to demonstrate their best qualities.
The bad luck in the league was bound to end. Already the cup game with Metalist 1925 confirmed that we are close to our fighting form. And I`m glad that we took the lead today in the match, where few people expected such a rise from us. And the main thing is to believe in our own strength.
Were there any bonuses planned for the victory? No," Perduta said.