"It will be a lesson to us: don't lift another player," - Vernidub on Shakhtar's antics with a free-kick

Yuriy Vernidub, the head coach of Kryvyi Rih Kryvbas, summarised the results of his team's match with Shakhtar Donetsk (2:5), commenting, in particular, on the blatant incident with the Pitmen's another disregard for the principles of fair-play.

We would like to remind you that in the case of the Pitmen's second goal, Dibango (Kryvbas) broke the rules against Zubkov (Shakhtar) in his own half of the pitch. And while the latter was squirming on the turf, and the former was trying to apologise and help him get to his feet, the healthy Pitmen played a free kick and scored.

"The game was until the 57th minute. It was tough after the suspension, Shakhtar dominated.

I haven't watched the episode with the penalty yet. If there was really an offence there with the purpose of inflicting a serious injury, then it is a red card. If it was not - a yellow card. If the referee watched the video replay and made such a decision, it means that he saw something - rough play, offence or what.

Yesterday I watched the game between Kolos and Ruh, there was not even a yellow card for offence. In the matches of teams fighting for high honours, there must be a spirit of play. You have to think before making a decision, because if it is a mistake, it is a very unfortunate one.

It will be a lesson for our team and our players. When you break the rules, you don't need to stroke and lift up another player. You infringe, you apologise and quickly sit back down in your position. And when three people came up and started lifting him and feeling sorry for him, Shakhtar were a bit more cunning - they took it and quickly played it out. What can we do, we will learn from these mistakes.

There are a lot of matches ahead. Shakhtar also have missed games, let them still gain points. We will fight until the end. Such games should be quickly forgotten, get up from their knees and move on," Tribuna quotes Vernidub's words.

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