Young Boys v Shakhtar: Pitmen's comments
Thursday, August 4, 2016
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The Donetsk team players reflect on the game against Young Boys
Darijo Srna, Shakhtar captain:
– This was a heavy defeat, our team cannot afford something like this. Congratulations to Young Boys with their victory, they had more desire, and they advanced further. We certainly had desire, too, but, I guess, not enough. All of us have to take time to think about it now. This is not the Shakhtar team that the fans want to see. This was not what anyone expected. Everyone is to blame: first of all me, and the rest of the players, and the coaching staff. Therefore, it is necessary to draw conclusions and move on. Now we need to show good results in the Europa League. Unfortunately, we have not realized ten great chances to score, which means that there is a problem. We knew that it would be a difficult game here. Young Boys beat Napoli at home a year ago, and the same thing happened to Sparta. They waited for their chance. I could not believe that we could not score. I tried to cheer our guys up on the field. I told them that we are Shakhtar and we must win. I cannot say that we had a bad extra time. We created opportunities, but we did not take advantage of them. This is not what we expected. Our team needs time, it's important for all of us to get better to be a true Shakhtar team.
– This was a heavy defeat, our team cannot afford something like this. Congratulations to Young Boys with their victory, they had more desire, and they advanced further. We certainly had desire, too, but, I guess, not enough. All of us have to take time to think about it now. This is not the Shakhtar team that the fans want to see. This was not what anyone expected. Everyone is to blame: first of all me, and the rest of the players, and the coaching staff. Therefore, it is necessary to draw conclusions and move on. Now we need to show good results in the Europa League. Unfortunately, we have not realized ten great chances to score, which means that there is a problem. We knew that it would be a difficult game here. Young Boys beat Napoli at home a year ago, and the same thing happened to Sparta. They waited for their chance. I could not believe that we could not score. I tried to cheer our guys up on the field. I told them that we are Shakhtar and we must win. I cannot say that we had a bad extra time. We created opportunities, but we did not take advantage of them. This is not what we expected. Our team needs time, it's important for all of us to get better to be a true Shakhtar team.
We have not advanced. It was a humiliating defeat, after which it's difficult to speak. We made some shots, but in football you need to score goals. Today, we have failed at it
Sergii Kryvtsov, Shakhtar defender:
– How am I feeling now? It's all bad. We have not advanced. It was a humiliating defeat, after which it's difficult to speak. We made some shots, but in football you need to score goals. Today, we have failed at it. The opponents, on the other hand, realized their chances, and advanced further. Young Boys managed quick counterattacks, when we could not manage to readjust. After the second goal the opponents got their courage, they cheered up, but we, however, slowed down.
– How am I feeling now? It's all bad. We have not advanced. It was a humiliating defeat, after which it's difficult to speak. We made some shots, but in football you need to score goals. Today, we have failed at it. The opponents, on the other hand, realized their chances, and advanced further. Young Boys managed quick counterattacks, when we could not manage to readjust. After the second goal the opponents got their courage, they cheered up, but we, however, slowed down.
We are very disappointed. We could have won this match and we created a large number of opportunities but did not score and conceded in return
Eduardo, Shakhtar striker:
– We are very disappointed. We could have won this match and we created a large number of opportunities but did not score and conceded in return. I believe that we started the second half very slowly, which led to the conceded goals. We did not train penalty shots before the match. This is like a lottery - red or black. Again, this is all very disappointing. But this is not the end, we are only at the beginning of our path. It is necessary to draw conclusions and to rehabilitate ourselves in the upcoming matches, because there is still a whole season ahead of us. Of course, we received a big blow today, but this is football. We need to respect the opposing team and strive to be stronger in the future.
– We are very disappointed. We could have won this match and we created a large number of opportunities but did not score and conceded in return. I believe that we started the second half very slowly, which led to the conceded goals. We did not train penalty shots before the match. This is like a lottery - red or black. Again, this is all very disappointing. But this is not the end, we are only at the beginning of our path. It is necessary to draw conclusions and to rehabilitate ourselves in the upcoming matches, because there is still a whole season ahead of us. Of course, we received a big blow today, but this is football. We need to respect the opposing team and strive to be stronger in the future.