On Friday, May 9, in the match of the 28th round of the Ukrainian championship, Kyiv’s Dynamo played to a 0:0 draw with Zhytomyr’s Polesie. The match took place in Zhytomyr at the Central City Stadium.
— First of all, I am extremely dissatisfied with the decisions made on the football field by our team today. The amount of mistakes on our side in the first half is completely incomprehensible to me. Many, many footballers today played below their level. What this is connected with, what influenced it — we will see. For now, I can only state the fact that we did not resemble ourselves today.
— Did Polesie show the game that you expected from it?
— I did not look at Polesie, I focused on my team. And I am dissatisfied with its actions.
— The match against Shakhtar in the final of the Ukrainian Cup is coming up soon. Will there be any changes in the Dynamo lineup?
— You ask me about changes in the lineup when I do not yet know the state of the players after today’s match. There may be changes, there may not be. The situation and the training process will answer your question.
— How would you evaluate the game of your team’s midfielders?
— I will not evaluate the players. I never do that: I evaluate the team’s play. And I said that I was dissatisfied with it. We will also evaluate the players, but not for the press.
Alexander POPOV from Zhytomyr