Vitaliy Ponomarev: "Rukh managed to play the kind of football that our club promotes"

Rukh head coach Vitaliy Ponomaryov commented on the result of the match of the 7th round of the Ukrainian championship against Dynamo (0:0).

"This is an important result for us in terms of psychology. If we analyze the teams' lineups, Dynamo is still superior to Rukh in terms of skill. Kyiv has many players who play for the Ukrainian national team, while we have players from the youth team. We still have room to grow, and this draw will give the boys confidence.

"Rukh managed to play the kind of football that our club promotes. We try to play this way against every opponent. I think that the fans liked this match, because both teams had chances. At the end of the match, we wanted to keep at least a draw, because each team had chances to score. We didn't make any substitutions beforehand, because the players who started the game played well enough.

We did not keep the result of the May match in mind, because the team moves from match to match. It is important for us to face such high-quality opponents and impose competition on them. It was difficult for us, but it's good that we got a positive result today," Rukh's official website quoted Ponomaryov as saying.