The head coach of Metalist 1925 Kharkiv, Oleg Golodyuk, commented on his team's 2-4 defeat to Dynamo Kyiv in the 3rd round of the Ukrainian championship.
Oleg Golodiuk- How satisfied are you with your team's performance?
- It's hard to comment on anything... We can't even play a half in every game with equal strength. All the preparations, the whole plan for the game just breaks down. And it doesn't make it easier for us that we look good and score - it doesn't bring us any points.
- What can you say about Bychek's second yellow?
- I'm not saying that the sending off was unfair. It's just that somewhere we get cards when we don't deserve it. Today's was probably fair. It's just the fact that we play a lot in the minority.
- Does it break the players psychologically?
- You just need to be a little smarter about the moments. So as not to get ridiculous penalties like today.
- Why did your players act more through the centre?
- Because we want to play more attacking football. Of course, you can stand at the back with ten men, wait for your chance and hope for a miracle. But if we want to play in the other half of the pitch and create chances there, we need to be prepared for the opposition's counterattacks. Unfortunately, we have not been able to do this so far. We understand that it is difficult to play against such teams in attack, but... Dynamo used their two counterattacks, and unfortunately, we did not use ours. That's the only difference. And the penalties... Of course, Dynamo had an advantage. But we waited, endured, and found our moment. But since we played Shakhtar three days ago, and Dynamo were resting, and with unequal line-ups, it was very difficult to play.
