The midfielder of Kyiv’s “Dynamo” Volodymyr Brazhko talked about how he reacts to criticism and hate directed at him from fans.
“Earlier, when I just started playing for the first team of “Dynamo” after returning from “Zorya,” I read a lot of comments about myself, about the matches. And sometimes it affected me. Then I made the decision that I need to shield myself from this because, well, what will you see there? You played a bad match — you know they will write about you. You played a great match — they either won’t write about you or they will write positively. So you know what will be in the comments.
How do I feel about criticism? I don’t care, in principle. I don’t read it much. Even when my mom sends me something where someone said something about me, good or bad, I tell her: “Don’t read it.” I really don’t care.
A lot of fakes are created. For example, a person wants to write you offensive things, but they can’t do it with an open face — they just hide their photos. That’s one. Journalists, analysts — well, that’s their job, they have to speak. Here, I also don’t pay attention, whether they say good things about me or bad: I demand better from myself and know when I play poorly and when I play well.
I take information from the coach, from players. For example, the coach comes up to me and says: “You played poorly there.” And points out the mistakes. I went, reviewed the game, agreed with some things, and disagreed with others. With the guys in the locker room, sometimes they say that in a certain moment it should have been done this way. We discuss everything. I take criticism normally, but I only accept it from people whom I consider important: from the coach and players,” said Brazhko on the YouTube channel “GG.Sport.”