Such wins motivate us
Sunday, February 25, 2018
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Shakhtar players Viktor Kovalenko, Bohdan Butko and David Khocholava shared their impressions of the meeting with Zirka
Viktor Kovalenko, midfielder:
- The whole game, one might say, was made in the first half, where we netted five goals. We had a great desire to claim a positive result, hence the energy we had early in the game. Besides, in such a frost it was necessary to be running quickly to warm up. After the break, the opponents operated differently, they began to have more ball control, so we didn’t manage to extend the lead, although we wanted to score more goals. The main thing is the victory of the team, although I’m happy to have put my name on the scoresheet. It was really freezing, it's hard to play under such circumstances, but that’s football. Rain, snow or blizzard - it doesn’t really matter: we always have to take to the pitch and do our work.
- The whole game, one might say, was made in the first half, where we netted five goals. We had a great desire to claim a positive result, hence the energy we had early in the game. Besides, in such a frost it was necessary to be running quickly to warm up. After the break, the opponents operated differently, they began to have more ball control, so we didn’t manage to extend the lead, although we wanted to score more goals. The main thing is the victory of the team, although I’m happy to have put my name on the scoresheet. It was really freezing, it's hard to play under such circumstances, but that’s football. Rain, snow or blizzard - it doesn’t really matter: we always have to take to the pitch and do our work.
We didn’t concede any goals, keeping a clean sheet – that’s always good for defence and for the goalkeeper. Besides, we scored five goals in the first half and could excel on a few more occasions
Bohdan Butko, defender:
- We didn’t concede any goals, keeping a clean sheet – that’s always good for defence and for the goalkeeper. Besides, we scored five goals in the first half and could excel on a few more occasions. Although the result was secured, Paulo Fonseca asked us not to slow down and to net as many goals as possible. But in the second half, maybe because of the cold, we slowed down. The opponents resisted us more after the break. Such big wins don’t make us complacent, but just on the contrary - they give us emotions and confidence, they motivate us. This was proved by the games vs Chornomorets and Roma, I hope that we will step it up even more.
- We didn’t concede any goals, keeping a clean sheet – that’s always good for defence and for the goalkeeper. Besides, we scored five goals in the first half and could excel on a few more occasions. Although the result was secured, Paulo Fonseca asked us not to slow down and to net as many goals as possible. But in the second half, maybe because of the cold, we slowed down. The opponents resisted us more after the break. Such big wins don’t make us complacent, but just on the contrary - they give us emotions and confidence, they motivate us. This was proved by the games vs Chornomorets and Roma, I hope that we will step it up even more.
It's nice that we won it and kept a clean sheet. For the defenders that’s important, especially as we are always confident that our attackers will surely score
David Khocholava, defender:
- It's nice that we won it and kept a clean sheet. For the defenders that’s important, especially as we are always confident that our attackers will surely score. Five goals are not the limit. We had more chances. Of course, the weather affected it, it wasn’t easy to adapt. How we fought the cold? At half-time, the doctors brought some hot-water bags, so we used them to get warm.
- It's nice that we won it and kept a clean sheet. For the defenders that’s important, especially as we are always confident that our attackers will surely score. Five goals are not the limit. We had more chances. Of course, the weather affected it, it wasn’t easy to adapt. How we fought the cold? At half-time, the doctors brought some hot-water bags, so we used them to get warm.