Zorya midfielder Oleksandr Yatsyk, whose rights belong to Dynamo, became the hero of Luhansk's 2-1 win over Ingulets in the opening round of the 2024/2025 Ukrainian championship. It was his accurate shot in the 92nd minute of the match that allowed Zorya to win.
Oleksandr Yatsyk. Photo: ua-football.com- Oleksandr, your goal decided everything in this match. What are your emotions?
- We won in a very hard fight. I think that all teams are in roughly the same shape at the start of the season. Ingulets also prepared well for the new championship. Fighting qualities and the desire to win came to the fore. I think we wanted to win more than our opponent. That's why we were lucky and managed to score in stoppage time.
- How would you rate your goal?
- It was a good pass, I ran into the area and managed to hit the corner of the goal.
- Tell me, when the score was 1-1, were there any minutes when Zorya did not control the match?
- Of course. The first match, a lot of emotions. We all wanted to earn three points. I will say that my physical abilities were not optimal. I missed three weeks because of an injury. And it was the training camp period. Today it was very difficult for me. But I scored a goal and gave an assist - I'm very happy.
- Did you become the MVP of the match?
- I don't know, maybe.
- Why wasn't your best striker Guerrero visible today?
- I don't have an answer to this question.
- Is Batagov ready to play now? It is reported that he can move to Trabzonspor.
- Arseniy recently returned from the Olympics. He was preparing for the match, but he had a long way to go to Kyiv from France. No one wanted to take any risks.
