Shakhtar vs Mariupol: Miners’ reaction
Saturday, August 5, 2017
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The Donetsk team players reflect on the game vs Mariupol
Taras Stepanenko, Shakhtar midfielder:
- It's hard to play when it's so stuffy. You shoot ahead and then it's really hard to catch your breath. I can’t even say how many litres of water we’ve had. It's good that we scored an early goal. We thought after that, however, that we’d net many more goals later, but, we should give Mariupol their due, the opponents had quite good counterattacks, they created chances and eventually sent it home. In general, we made a number of errors, lacked accuracy in passing, dribbling along with timely tackling. So we’ve still got to work on that more. Although, again, the weather factor left its mark. And Mariupol are a good team with skilled players. I think if they continue in the same vein, they’ll be able to remain in the top six.
- It's hard to play when it's so stuffy. You shoot ahead and then it's really hard to catch your breath. I can’t even say how many litres of water we’ve had. It's good that we scored an early goal. We thought after that, however, that we’d net many more goals later, but, we should give Mariupol their due, the opponents had quite good counterattacks, they created chances and eventually sent it home. In general, we made a number of errors, lacked accuracy in passing, dribbling along with timely tackling. So we’ve still got to work on that more. Although, again, the weather factor left its mark. And Mariupol are a good team with skilled players. I think if they continue in the same vein, they’ll be able to remain in the top six.
It's good that we succeeded to score an early one. Then it got noticeably easier, since playing in this kind of heat is quite difficult. As for the goal itself, the counterattack proved just perfect, with really great teamwork
Viktor Kovalenko, Shakhtar midfielder:
- It's good that we succeeded to score an early one. Then it got noticeably easier, since playing in this kind of heat is quite difficult. As for the goal itself, the counterattack proved just perfect, with really great teamwork. It’s difficult when the opponents use nearly all their players to defend: it’s necessary to operate watchfully while losing the ball and facing some counterattacks. Mariupol are a pretty good team. I want to wish them success. I think they have all the qualities to complete this stage among the top six sides.
- It's good that we succeeded to score an early one. Then it got noticeably easier, since playing in this kind of heat is quite difficult. As for the goal itself, the counterattack proved just perfect, with really great teamwork. It’s difficult when the opponents use nearly all their players to defend: it’s necessary to operate watchfully while losing the ball and facing some counterattacks. Mariupol are a pretty good team. I want to wish them success. I think they have all the qualities to complete this stage among the top six sides.