On Sunday, September 29, in the match of the 8th round of the Ukrainian championship Dynamo Kyiv defeated Leviy Bereg with the score 3:0. The match took place in Kyiv region at the stadium "Arena Left Bereg". Here is the post-match press conference of the head coaches of the teams.
Oleksandr SHOVKOVSKY, Dynamo head coach:
- I congratulate Dynamo fans on the victory. I thank the Ukrainian defenders and defender for this opportunity to play matches.
We have a very tight, difficult schedule. Besides, we were preparing for today's match against the background of the unpleasant result in the Europa League. But we understand very well that these are two different tournaments. We need to win in every match - this is the task we set before the players.
- Today Mikhavko and Rubchinskiy scored their debut goals for Dynamo. Please comment on their achievements
- A goal, first of all, is the result of the team's actions. We won, and it was our main goal today. And who puts the last point... I want, even if it is impossible, for each of the guys to score. But the main thing is to have a winning result in the end.
Of course, we congratulated Mikhavko and Rubchinskiy on their debut goals. We also congratulated Dyachuk, who took the field for the first time after a serious injury.
- It seemed that Mihavko's substitution was related to the injury.
- He has had some problems with the drive muscle throughout the last period, because of which he, in particular, failed to help the Ukraine national team during the September matches. Today Taras had some unpleasant sensations, and in order not to aggravate the situation, we immediately decided to replace him.
The situation with Popov is similar - he just started to work after the injury, had only a few trainings, so as soon as he had the slightest sensations of discomfort, we immediately replaced him.
- "Dynamo" is on the first place. How do you evaluate the start of your team in this Ukrainian championship?
- I do not evaluate the start. We are preparing for each opponent, for each game. Moreover, we have a rather difficult period ahead of us. Therefore, I would not make any conclusions now. We work in a normal mode, we go from match to match. Of course, we rotate: we want all the guys to be in good shape. It is important that each of them has the necessary level of fitness and feeling of the game. You can control yourself in the training process, but when you go on the field in matches, you have to show everything to the maximum. I constantly tell the guys that they will never rise to the level of their expectations - they will always fall to the level of their readiness. Of course, we strive for the guys to perform some moments automatically during the match, but it's important that they understand what we want from them and how they can realize it.
- Today you almost for the first time this season played with two supporting midfielders of a destructive plan.
- We actually have three supporting midfielders, but we can realize different actions in this or that course of the game to be able to vary our tactical actions. We reorganize in the course of the match depending on the circumstances on the pitch.
Vitaliy PERVAK, head coach of Left Bank:
- What is there to comment on. We lost. We made childish mistakes and thus helped Dynamo. Goalkeeper's mistake, red card - it happened as it happened
In attack we lacked execution skills. We had chances to take Dynamo's goal.
As for the red card to Samar, I do not agree with the referee's decision. In general, the whole referee team failed in their functions today, made many mistakes. I did not see any aggression on Samar's part in that episode. And it was as if the referee just waited for this moment and immediately showed him the second yellow card.
- Did Dynamo's quick goal affect the game?
- Yes, the game followed a different scenario, it became even more difficult for us. But we played disciplined. I am satisfied with the team's discipline in today's match.
Alexander POPOV from the stadium "Arena Left Bank"
