Oleksandr Shovkovskiy: "We have no right to make such mistakes"

Head coach of Dynamo Kyiv Oleksandr Shovkovskiy summarized the results of his team's match with Lazio Rome (0:3) in the 1st round of the Europa League main stage, which took place last Wednesday in Hamburg.

- How quickly did the conceded goal and Seballos' injury spoil your game plan?

- These things always affect the game, but first of all we have no right to make such mistakes as we did with the first and second goals conceded. This is a consequence of our mistakes in defense. At this level, opponents do not forgive such things.

Of course, we are all upset with the result. But we tried to play soccer, we tried to combine, to expand space, to look for chances at the opponent's goal. And we had those chances, but...

- Are the problems in defense a consequence of lack of play?

- We'll see, we'll analyze each missed goal, we'll focus the team's attention on the mistakes made. And right now, I can`t say anything about it.

- Was the lack of experience in such matches a problem today?

- There are enough problems. But I don`t want to talk about problems now. Again, we go on the field to play soccer, we want to show an attacking game with combinations, but, of course, we need to pay attention to our actions in defense and not to make such mistakes. Because at this level, in the matches with the teams that regularly play in the Champions League, with the teams from the top leagues such mistakes are not forgiven.

- Dynamo had chances today. What was not enough to bring them to goals?

- We simply did not score. I repeat, we tried to play soccer. We could close, become 11 players in defense, but we tried to play soccer and wanted to do it. We told the guys to stay with our structure of the game. I can not say that we played badly, but in soccer the result is made up of goals scored and conceded, the number of mistakes of teams and how teams know how to take advantage of these mistakes.

- How do you comment on Bragaru's suspension?

- I do not understand why he was suspended. We will have to watch the replay of the episode

- Why was Pihalenok in the starting lineup today, and not Buyalski?

- You count on some of your vision, but you do not know about some moments that are in the team, you do not know if there are any injuries of this or that player. A decision is a decision. Buyalskiy had certain problems. If we had released him in the starting lineup today, what happened with Ceballos could have happened to him.

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