Dynamo Kyiv midfielder Vladyslav Kabaev commented on the defeat of his team from Lazio Rome (0:3) in the match of the 1st round of the main stage of the Europa League, which took place yesterday in Hamburg.
Vladislav Kabaev. Photo — fcdynamo.com- There were a lot of good actions in the center of the field. The shots were good, the opponents' goalkeeper saved a lot. What, in your opinion, was missing for the goal?
- Completion was not enough. There were a lot of preconditions for a goal, a lot of shots. But... The last pass, the last shot. Somewhere we did not hit the foot, somewhere in the goal. And the opponents had those chances, and they took advantage of it. This is the difference in today's game.
- In the first half there was a moment when the ball after your shot flew much higher than the goal. Why did you shoot like that?
- I do not want to make excuses or say something like that, but the ball bounced. But my foot went a little bit. The field was so slippery. I didn't get a good shot.
- I wanted to ask about the quality of the pitch in Hamburg. Last season, Shakhtar players complained about it several times. Has the situation not changed?
- Yes, the grass was tearing out yesterday at the training session. Then we screwed spikes into the cleats bigger. And it was still pulling out, my feet were riding. I'm not saying it's terrible, but I wish it was better.
- You had to change your cleats through this field, right?
- I did. I haven't played in iron ones for a long time, but today I had to.
- 0:3 after the first half. What did Shovkovskiy advised you to do at halftime?
- I can`t disclose everything, because the coach said it. We made adjustments. There were words that we should not lower our heads, that we play for our country. Whatever the score is, that we do what we know how to do. And to forget the score that we have at the moment.
- Is this the strongest team you've played against this season?
- If you look at the result and say, yes, of course. It's a good team and they play in the top 5 leagues. They deserved this win more today. But we'll draw conclusions, hit some bumps and move on. I think it will play to our advantage in the sense that there are no victories without defeats.
