Zorya's assistant coach Mladen Bartulovic commented on the team's defeat to Shakhtar in the Ukrainian league match.
Mladen Bartulovic. Photo: Zorya press service- Our team played a very good match. We had problems with the line-up. Guerrero, Batagov, Jordan, Churko, Bol were unable to play. But we played a good match. A little bit was not enough at the end. Perhaps luck, skill.
- What did you lack, though? Players, freshness, or was it luck?
- Probably a little bit of everything. For example, Jordan plays these balls in situations like the one we conceded. In addition, we were very close to our own goal.
- You used a different formation today. What was the players' task?
- We drew conclusions after the first match against Shakhtar. Today we didn't have any central defenders at all. Bol was injured, Jordan and Batagov missed out. Therefore, we played those for whom this position is not native, to put it mildly. They played well. But it was not enough.
- Zorya played with ten men again. Can we say that you did not do a very good job of working on the mistakes or was it Saputin's inexperience?
- How can you draw such conclusions about red cards? Was Jordan's first yellow card in that match? Did you watch the game?
- When will Bol return to the general group?
- I hope that this week he will start working in the general group.
