The head coach of Cherkasy LNZ, Vitaly Ponomarev, apologized to the club’s fans after a heavy defeat to “Alexandria” (1:4) in yesterday’s match of the 5th round of the Ukrainian championship.
Vitaly Ponomarev“Such matches cannot be lost, especially with such a score. I want to apologize to our fans. First of all for this score. We will do everything to fix the situation.
We need to play football well in all phases of the game — not only in attack but also in defense and transitional phases. We need to play disciplined.
You can find many positive moments, but in such a situation, I wouldn’t even want to do that.
In football, the result is important; no one counts moments, points are not awarded for them; points are awarded for the match result. We scored a goal, equalized the score, had more chances — we need to convert them. If we want to play as the dominant side, we need to control the opponent’s counterattacks.
We cannot allow the opponent to have such counterattacks from which goals are scored. We must work adequately in that phase. And to achieve this, we need to play disciplined first of all,” — said Ponomarev at the post-match press conference.
