The head coach of Zhytomyr’s «Polissya» Ruslan Rotan summed up the results of his team’s match against Kharkiv’s «Metalist 1925» (0:0) in the 11th round of the Ukrainian championship.
Ruslan Rotan. Photo — FC «Polissya»«We deserve criticism for this match, just criticism, because I know my players can be better and should be better. Today we were somehow empty, we had no thirst for victory at all. And the first half was probably our worst half ever.
We need to start with the mindset. You have to get ready the day before the game to be prepared. And today, unfortunately, it was only in the second half that we started to somewhat work and recognize situations on the field, think a little.
Of course, when you win 4−5 matches in a row, some kind of calmness sets in with the players or how to say it, I don’t know. Probably today was such a day. And you can’t change yourself during the game because you weren’t 100% ready for the match. Today, none of us were 100% ready for this match, we deserve criticism, but we will definitely analyze everything and draw conclusions,» said Rotan on the «UPL TB» YouTube channel.
