Zorya's assistant coach Mladen Bartulovic assessed the start of the second part of the Ukrainian league season for his team and told who will not take part in the match against Dynamo.
Mladen Bartulovic. Photo: Zorya press service- We can see that things are getting better for Zorya. Three wins in 2024 allowed the team to get out of the relegation zone. Can we say that the second part of the season is already going better than the first?
- One hundred per cent. We worked very hard at the training camp in Turkey and it is paying off. There are victories and better games. But we still have to work and work, because we can play much better. But this will come with time and victories.
- In the match between Zorya and Metalist 1925, the pitch was terrible at one end. During the match, Bohdan Butko, who played on the other side, constantly moved to the middle to avoid problems on that part of the pitch. How do you play on such pitches?
- You have to play with what you have, as they say. It was not easy for us and for the opponent. You have to adapt to such a pitch and play. There is nothing to worry about. There will be better weather and a better pitch. We have to wait a little bit.
- The next match is against Dynamo, you play at the Valeriy Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium. Not so long ago we met with Kyiv and then the leaders did not play. Will all the players play now?
- Well, those players who are on loan from the opponent are not eligible to play. We will see the situation with the injured players and then decide who can and who cannot. It was a very difficult game with Kharkiv. Because of the bad pitch, Metalist 1925 had two injuries, and we had Roman Vantukh injured. I hope he is fine.
- Theoretically, if you win everything, you can even cling to the European Cup places. Are you considering such a development?
- Our task is to win every match. It doesn't matter who we play - we need to get points. It's Minaj, Dynamo or Dnipro-1.
- Who will definitely not play against Dynamo?
- Oleksandr Yatsyk, Anton Bol, Artem Benediuk, Artem Slesar, Ihor Horbach, and Vikentiy Voloshyn.
Nazariy SHMIGIL
