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.
— 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.