Head coach of Odessa "Chernomorets" Alexander Babich commented on the defeat of his team from Zhitomir "Polesya" (1:4) in yesterday's match of the 5th round of the Ukrainian championship.
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"A lot of gifts we made "Polesya" at the beginning of the match. And, of course, it affected the further course of the game. A little crazy actions were on the part of our players. But I thanked the guys for the second half.
Of course, "Polesie" sets slightly different goals than us, but even with such a team we could have played if we had acted more reliably and confidently from the beginning of the match. Not self-confident, but confident. And those actions, when we were with the ball, led to the fact that we conceded three quick goals. I can not say that we had a passing yard in defense, but these goals we conceded primarily because of our childish mistakes. I believe that giving such a team such a big head start is suicide," Babich said on the air of YouTube channel UPL.TV.