The head coach of Odesa "Chornomorets" Oleksandr Babich shared his emotions after the scandalous match of the Ukrainian championship against "Oleksandriya," which the "sailors" finished with nine players.
Oleksandr Babich"Firstly, I am very grateful to my team for the fact that while they had the strength, they moved, restructured, and, in principle, until the 75th minute... We had a scoring chance when Shporn could have scored in the first half. But I just watched this episode with the first ball — well, let the referees sort it out. In my opinion, this is a clear foul on Butko. And I heard, and the stands heard, that it was a foul. We didn’t work hard enough on the rebound afterward, but I believe that it was 100 percent a foul in the attack."
We understood that we were going to a team that is fighting for the top positions, we understood that we needed to play very organized. Of course, we did not expect that we would be, let's say, pressed from the first minutes. Although I am grateful to the guys for the nerve we had. Perhaps this nerve was not present in other matches — against the same "Dynamo" and "Vorskla".
If we talk about football — it’s a struggle, passion, the desire to win a 50-50 ball. And in this component, we needed not to yield. And as a coach who came from ballet — perhaps I would have behaved a bit calmer, I would have reacted calmly to these situations.
But I believe that there was one foul, and another foul near us on Butko too, which wasn’t called. Therefore, it's a nervous situation, and the guys certainly feel it on the field and react that way. And how can we not react? We have a team spirit, and we fight for each other. I must protect, and the management must protect our team. Because if they keep taking our legs, our heads away," said Babich on the air of UPL.TV.
