Dynamo Kyiv defender Taras Mykhavko shared his impressions of his team's 5-1 win over Obolon in the 10th round of the Ukrainian championship, in which he scored an own goal.
Taras Mykhavko. Photo by Yuriy Yuriev- Of course, it is nice to win, we are very happy about it. You could say it was a capital derby, we were tuned in to it as much as possible. Of course, it's a shame that I scored in my own goal, but it's okay, in the future I will try to score in other people's goals.
- Did your teammates cheer you on and support you?
- Yes, everything is fine. They said that I should forget about this moment, it happens. If you count the national team's matches, it turns out that I scored in the fourth match - two goals in the opponent's goal, and two in my own. It's like that.
- Did you tune in especially for today's "derby"?
- No, we tune up for every match as much as possible and want to win every match. We prepare for each opponent in the same way.
- Despite the fact that Obolon is at the bottom of the standings, the team tried not to close down at its goal from the first minutes, did you expect such actions from the opponent?
- Yes, we watched their matches and saw that they play good football. So we expected that they would not play as closed as everyone thought. They also tried to attack, so the game was interesting. We realized our chances and could have scored even more.
- At what moment did you feel calm and confident in the victory?
- I think in the second half. After 60 minutes, we knew we would win, but we wanted to score even more. This is our constant desire.
- The teams often played without the middle of the field, or do you think the game was spectacular?
- Yes, of course, the game was interesting. The hosts wanted to create some problems for us, and we, as I said, tried to score as many goals as possible. We scored a lot of goals, and I think the fans were satisfied.
- A few days ago, you were at the youth team's location, and now you are at Dynamo. Is it difficult to adjust to club affairs?
- Of course, it's difficult, because the national team has some requirements, and the club has completely different ones. But traveling takes more energy than games, so in general, it's not that hard to adapt, but it still takes some time. We had our only training session with the whole group yesterday. But in general, everything is fine.
- The next week is very important and busy for Dynamo, as you have matches against Roma in the Europa League and Shakhtar in the Ukrainian league. Have you already thought about these matches?
- No, all attention was focused on the match with Obolon. Today we played, and tomorrow we will think about Roma and prepare for the next matches.
- Have you already seen any of Roma's matches?
- Of course. I used to watch Dovbyk's first matches when he first joined them, but not recently. Tomorrow we will watch them.
