Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih head coach Yuriy Vernydub commented on his team's 1-0 victory over Zorya Luhansk in yesterday's match of the 10th round of the Ukrainian championship.
"We have been waiting for this victory for a long time, because we have not won for a long time. Finally it came, we finally scored. Kryvbas was not inferior to anyone in the previous rounds: neither Oleksandriya nor Dynamo. There were problems with the realization. Yes, we scored today, but we still had many chances to score. But the main thing is that today we have this victory. This success gives us the opportunity to move forward, which is what we will do.
Before the game with Zorya, we looked at SkillCorner's data, and they have the fastest team in the UPL. Not even Dynamo or Shakhtar. I was worried that we might concede on the counterattack, because no other team in the UPL plays counterattacks like Zorya. Unless only Dynamo does.
We talked to the guys and didn't give them that opportunity. Their second trump card is standards. They have guys who can play on the second floor. These are Budkivsky, Jordan, Eskinha, Bashych, and Michin. But we built our defense on set pieces in such a way that we practically gave them no chance," Vernydub said.