The head coach of Kryvyirogorsk Kryvbas Yuriy Vernidub shared his reaction to the draw of the 3rd qualifying round of the Europa League, which determined Czech Victoria as his team's opponents at this stage.
"At this stage we were "unseeded", so we knew we would get a strong opponent. We got Victoria, with whom we played in the winter at the Spanish training camp. It was a good match, but we lost - 0:3. "Victoria" is a powerful opponent. Training camp is training camp, and now it will be completely different.
We respect every opponent. It doesn't matter who it is: "Victoria", "Ajax" or "Braga". But we are not afraid of anyone. We have our own task: we want to reach the group stage of the Europa League, and we will do everything in our power to do it.
We know the opponent well. "Victoria" has a powerful, dimensional players. We already know what this opponent is worth, because we met them in sparring. Last season Victoria reached the quarterfinals of the Conference League. But that's already happened, but what will happen now - time will tell. We'll get ready. The winner will be the one who will be better in preparation, speed, tactical actions", - Vernidub's words are quoted by the official website of Kryvbas.