U21. Shakhtar vs Karpaty: Pitmen’s comments
Friday, November 18, 2016
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Players of the Donetsk team tried to explain the reason behind the loss
Oleksandr Mihunov, Shakhtar U21 defender:
- We had to score in the first half. We had some very good opportunities, but our finishing was unsuccessful. Had we scored, it would have been much easier then. After the break we took the field being kind of complacent, thinking that we would still beat the opponents. Early in the second half, Yevhen Seleznov had a chance ... And then everything was developing not according to our game plan. As Valeriy Kryventsov says, a footballer should be able to play in any position. Today, the coach has tried me in midfield, and I tried to fulfil his plan. Sometimes it worked, and sometimes it didn’t.
- We had to score in the first half. We had some very good opportunities, but our finishing was unsuccessful. Had we scored, it would have been much easier then. After the break we took the field being kind of complacent, thinking that we would still beat the opponents. Early in the second half, Yevhen Seleznov had a chance ... And then everything was developing not according to our game plan. As Valeriy Kryventsov says, a footballer should be able to play in any position. Today, the coach has tried me in midfield, and I tried to fulfil his plan. Sometimes it worked, and sometimes it didn’t.
It's hard to say what exactly went wrong. In the first half, we totally outplayed Karpaty, but after the break our dominance was not that overwhelming
Mykyta Adamenko, Shakhtar U21 midfielder:
- It's hard to say what exactly went wrong. In the first half, we totally outplayed Karpaty, but after the break our dominance was not that overwhelming. Had we managed to score, I think we would have probably achieved a win. But our finishing was unsuccesful, with us conceding goals after the opponents’ two counterattacks.
- It's hard to say what exactly went wrong. In the first half, we totally outplayed Karpaty, but after the break our dominance was not that overwhelming. Had we managed to score, I think we would have probably achieved a win. But our finishing was unsuccesful, with us conceding goals after the opponents’ two counterattacks.