The midfielder of Kyiv’s Dynamo Andriy Yarmolenko summarized his team’s match against Donetsk’s “Shakhtar” (2:2), which took place yesterday in Lviv as part of the 26th round of the Ukrainian championship.
Andriy Yarmolenko. Photo — Yu. Yuriev— We started at 0:2, so I think this draw is a victory for us today.
— The Shakhtar players say they lost due to psychology.
— I don’t know. We won because in the second half we began to play more boldly, started to be more active on the ball. That’s why we were able to score two goals.
— A lot of changes in positions after the break.
— The coach told us to play like that. As you can see, he was right. We played the second half at a very good level. Yes, there were mistakes, there was a lack, but the most important thing is that we activated ourselves, played bold football and forced “Shakhtar” to defend for 45 minutes.
— Did you believe the goal would go in?
— Of course. You always play until the final whistle. To be honest, we talked a little bit during the break — we can’t play like we did in the first half. We needed to add some emotions and win the battle. In the second half, we went for it.
— What did you think after Kabaev’s goal?
— Oh, nothing. We just felt joy.
— You were lying down after the final whistle. Did you give it your all?
— Honestly, yes. Now we’ll focus on recovery in the bus for 7 and a half hours. Just kidding. We will prepare for the next match, for which they give the same 3 points. Nothing is decided yet, we need to prepare for the next matches with a cool head.
