«Metalist 1925» defender Ilya Krupsky spoke about the significance of his team’s results in matches against Kyiv «Dynamo» (1:1) and Donetsk «Shakhtar» (1:1).
Ilya Krupsky. Photo — FC «Metalist 1925»«A lot of work was done both in training camps and currently throughout the championship. In the first matches, there wasn’t such teamwork, but now we are one team, we are „Metalist 1925“, we are moving in the right direction and have set one course — to be at the top of the standings.
As for the draws with „Dynamo“ and „Shakhtar“, such results certainly give us confidence and show that we are moving in the right direction, and all these ideas that we develop in training, our daily efforts are bringing results.
We played well with our giants, but we understand that championships or European competition spots are not won only when you play well with giants: you need to show the same football with „Obolon“, „Kudrivka“, and „Poltava“, because for victories over all these teams, they also give three points.
As our head coach Mladen Bartulovic said, you don’t need to look for motivation for matches with teams like „Shakhtar“ and „Dynamo“: you need to seek motivation, dig within yourself before the other matches because it is very difficult to play with such teams, they will close down, they won’t let you play and will hinder you from playing football. But still, you need to squeeze, take your points,» Krupsky said on the «UPL TV» YouTube channel broadcast.
