The midfielder of Kyiv's Dynamo Andriy Yarmolenko spoke with the media after the final match of the Ukrainian Cup of the current season against Donetsk's Shakhtar (1:1, pen. — 5:6).
— There is information that this edition of the Ukrainian Cup was the last one with extra time in the tournament format. What do you think about such changes?
— I believe that the final should be conducted with extra time; it should have 120 minutes. That’s my opinion.
— Did you like the pitch?
— It’s a great pitch, we should thank those who take care of it. The pitch is really superb, it was nice to play on it.
— At the end of the match, you stood right by the sideline and actively guided your teammates like a real coach...
— It’s just emotions. Not only I, our entire bench was trying to guide the guys. I am a player, not a coach; we have a head coach.
— How do you assess the refereeing in today’s match?
— I don’t know, in my opinion the refereeing was normal. I didn’t see any gross mistakes.
Oleksandr POPOV from Zhytomyr