Attacking midfielder of “Zorya” Oleksandr Yatsyk became one of the heroes of the Ukrainian championship match against “Left Bank” (2:1). He had another great game and his 5th goal of the current season.
— You score against “Left Bank” in every match. It was the same in the first round game.
— So, “Left Bank” is my team. Michin has Obolon, to which he always scores.
— The score of the game?
— I remember that everything was logical. If we hadn’t immediately conceded in response at 2:0, it would have been calmer for us. But we were nervous at the end of the match.
— At the 37th minute, Sukhoruchko failed to convert a one-on-one with Saputin...
— Yes, that was our mistake. Antyukh didn’t orient himself at that moment and mistakenly passed back, right to the opponent. To be fair, I can’t say that the guests created anything near our goal.
— A beautiful goal from Antyukh, you don’t often see such masterpieces even in the World Cup. An assist in your account?
— Yes. I went down the left flank and made a pass to the right flank, where Denis redirected the ball to the far corner with one touch. He has the skill. In general, all our guys have decent technique, everyone can create a masterpiece.
— When you scored in the 49th minute, what was the most difficult thing?
— At that moment, everything was done for me by Pylyp Budkivskyi. I tapped the ball forward and scored with my second touch.
— At 2:0, did Zorya calm down a bit?
— Probably, we calmed down too early. This has happened to us before. We need to do something about it.
— The famous Italian coach Fabio Capello says that a score of 2:0 is worse than 1:0, as players relax. Do you agree with this statement?
— Most likely, yes. We relax a bit, concede one goal, and then it’s possible not to regain our focus.
— Now we look at the league table and see that Zorya is 7 points behind Polissya. Is this distance to the European Cup zone manageable in the remaining 5 rounds of the season?
— I don’t know, we’ll see. We need to win all our games at the end of the Ukrainian championship. Plus, we still play at home against Polissya. No one is giving up.
— What was interesting in the Zorya dressing room after this match?
— Everything was standard.
— Who is your DJ?
— Denis Antyukh — he is the one who puts on the music.
— What music?
— Italian and French. He has “reserved” a column and always plays music in the dressing room.
