Kolos head coach: "I did not believe in my team when we scored a goal against Shakhtar"

Kolos head coach Yaroslav Vyshniak shared his impressions after the match of the 20th round of the Ukrainian championship, in which his team narrowly lost to Shakhtar with a score of 2-3.

"We wanted to catch on to the points. For various reasons, we failed to do so. But in general, I am satisfied with the guys' attitude to the game, dedication, desire to win, and the fight for the result.

I believe in my team before, during and after the game. I didn't believe in them when we scored the goal. I believed that we could do it, and I am sure that we built our game correctly - we closed Shakhtar's midfield. I can't say that they didn't have chances. They had chances, but we gave them trouble, and I could see that it was difficult for them. And we, in turn, could still run out on the counterattack, quite well. We could have played better if the attacking players had supported these opportunities. When Shakhtar left large areas behind, we could have made one or two more striking attacks and increased the score.

As for the second half, Shakhtar rebuilt, strengthened the game with substitutions. And at some point, we lost our temper. We also need to work on this. After we conceded the goals, we tried to rebuild, go higher, and brought on two more strikers. And I saw that the guys wanted to get back at it, wanted to snatch the victory...", Vyshniak was quoted as saying by Kolos' official website.