Shakhtar vs Dynamo: Pitmen’s reaction
Thursday, May 18, 2017
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The Donetsk team shared their thoughts about the Ukrainian Cup final
Taras Stepanenko, Shakhtar midfielder:
- This is a very important victory: we’ve claimed a ‘golden double’ this season. For the team, the president and the fans this is a big event. I can only congratulate everyone on this success and thank them for their support. As for the meeting itself, the plan was to play defensively in a very strict manner. Of course, we had our flaws. However, basically, we did just so – we kept a clean sheet. This has helped us to score. We had our chances, we didn’t convert the spot kick, but Marlos rehabilitated himself later. In general, today we had an even game until the first goal. We didn’t change anything at half-time. We appeared for the second half with the same game plan. While Dynamo were afraid to make those all-out attacks, perhaps, the opponents wanted to extend the match into extra time. We tried to fulfil the game plan until the final whistle.
- This is a very important victory: we’ve claimed a ‘golden double’ this season. For the team, the president and the fans this is a big event. I can only congratulate everyone on this success and thank them for their support. As for the meeting itself, the plan was to play defensively in a very strict manner. Of course, we had our flaws. However, basically, we did just so – we kept a clean sheet. This has helped us to score. We had our chances, we didn’t convert the spot kick, but Marlos rehabilitated himself later. In general, today we had an even game until the first goal. We didn’t change anything at half-time. We appeared for the second half with the same game plan. While Dynamo were afraid to make those all-out attacks, perhaps, the opponents wanted to extend the match into extra time. We tried to fulfil the game plan until the final whistle.
Regardless of the number of our previous victories over Dynamo, we still tried to prove that we deserve the gold medals of the championship, and we wanted to win again. Special thanks to the fans
Viktor Kovalenko, Shakhtar midfielder:
- Regardless of the number of our previous victories over Dynamo, we still tried to prove that we deserve the gold medals of the championship, and we wanted to win again. Special thanks to the fans. Today they were perfectly audible. Many of them came from Donetsk, with Kharkiv locals also supporting us. We will seriously prepare for the rest of the league games, because we’ve got the record, being 18 points ahead of the second spot side. We will try to improve this indicator.
- Regardless of the number of our previous victories over Dynamo, we still tried to prove that we deserve the gold medals of the championship, and we wanted to win again. Special thanks to the fans. Today they were perfectly audible. Many of them came from Donetsk, with Kharkiv locals also supporting us. We will seriously prepare for the rest of the league games, because we’ve got the record, being 18 points ahead of the second spot side. We will try to improve this indicator.