Former Shakhtar goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov spoke frankly about working with Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu.
Andriy Pyatov. Photo: shakhtar.com"I didn't have a goalkeeping coach. There was Marian Ionice. But he was so... To be honest, I think I lost seven years of my career under Lucescu.
I played, but with my experience, I took it exclusively from the matches. There was no analysis of matches and my mistakes, no tips and psychological help. It was all done by Lucescu and the whole team. He could simply say: "You are guilty!". Without analyzing the moment. "The Brazilian was 'circumcised', and you are to blame. You want to say something, but he's the head coach, what can you prove?
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I remember a match against Chelsea where I was insuring the defenders and Oscar scored a goal for my collar. Lucescu got me so worked up that I came out and said that I was to blame for the defeat. It's very easy to put everything on the goalkeeper. He could have done it easily. And then tell everyone at the press conference. For example, I can't say that to my goalkeepers, I support them on the contrary. Because this is football. If there were no mistakes, then everyone would play 0-0 and people would not go to the matches," Pyatov was quoted as saying by the Sport Arena telegram channel.
