The winger of Kyiv's Dynamo Nazar Voloshin commented on his team's victory over the Maltese Hamrun Spartans (3:0) in the first match of the 2nd qualifying round of the Champions League, in which he registered a goal and an assist.
Nazar Voloshin and Vitaliy Buyalsky— Right now, everyone has only positive emotions. We won, played well, scored three goals. The result is good, you could say everyone is satisfied.
— Is it felt that this result is a summary of the preseason preparation?
— Yes, of course. We worked a lot, ran a lot, worked a lot on tactics — it paid off and we won.
— You came onto the field with our team having a minimal advantage, and two productive actions happened with you on the field. What was your mindset coming on as a substitute?
— Primarily, to help the team, play forward, try to score or provide an assist. I managed to do both, so I’m very satisfied.
— You seemed just as happy about the assist as you were about the goal — we even noticed you crossed yourself...
— I always do that. A goal and an assist are both positive actions for me.
— Tell us about the first goal: in that episode, you broke away with speed but then waited for your teammates...
— Buyalsky passed the ball to me behind my back, but it didn’t quite work out. The ball took a while to reach me, I waited and played it back to him on the move. He received it and scored — that’s all.
— In the episode with the last goal, you played futsal-style, closing the far post. Is this what they teach you in training, to run through to the end?
— Of course, you always need to run to the far post, and you will definitely score. That’s how it worked out today (Smiles).
— With the third goal, you essentially removed the question of the winner in the confrontation...
— Yes, we will feel more confident, but still the return match will start with a score of 0:0, and we will try to win again.
— Today, the home fans put on a mini-concert. How do you assess the atmosphere in the stadium and how would you rate the support of our fans?
— It’s very pleasant when our fans support us even in such an exotic country as Malta. Their support motivates us a lot. Honestly, I didn’t really expect that there would be so many of our fans today.
