Head coach of Dynamo Kyiv Oleksandr Shovkovskyi commented on the victory over Zorya (2-0) in the match of the 6th round of the Ukrainian championship on the broadcast.
Oleksandr Shovkovskyi- Firstly, I would like to congratulate our fans on the victory and thank our Armed Forces, our defenders for what they do and make it possible for us to play Ukrainian league matches.
Secondly, it is certainly very difficult to go out and play the first matches after our players return from the national teams. Several players were absent, and we still can't count on a few more - Denys Popov and Taras Mykhavko have certain problems and injuries. The latter is expected to start working with the team tomorrow. Seballos had stomach poisoning - if not for that, he was supposed to be in the starting lineup today. The situation made adjustments, and we released him at the very end to give him a little confidence. He is an important part of our team, we count on all our players.
It is difficult to play after the national team, but we understand that the national team has its own tasks, and we have ours. We were setting up for a very principled game, as we always do with Zorya. Luhansk played with five defenders, but as soon as we picked up our speed in the second half, we started to have more chances. As I always say, we should have finished more calmly, but there was a really unpleasant moment at our goal where we could have conceded. It would have been a completely different game with a 2-1 score, but I thanked our players for their professional attitude to their duties. Let's move on.
- How do you like Brazhko in the center of defense?
- We have already joked about this, saying that it will be difficult for Taras now, because he has new competition (smiles).
- Vivcharenko was on fire today, he gave an assist...
- We are working on a lot of different options. Our defenders, of course, have to work on defense first, but we don't separate them from attacking actions. We have to have interchangeability.
- Are you satisfied with your substitutions?
- Yes, definitely. We will have a very tight schedule, a lot of matches, and we will constantly rotate so that everyone feels in the game tone and is ready to go out on the football field at any time and add to the game.
