One episode decided everything
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
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Comments of the Shakhtar players after the game in Rome
Andriy Pyatov, goalkeeper:
- In the first half, we kept everything under control, played well, were looking for our chances while counterattacking, but in the second half we played poorly, with numerous errors, the team lacked aggressiveness. We conceded an unnecessary goal - we tried to get offside and paid for that. After that, it was necessary to charge forward, to cover the opponents, take risks, but it didn’t work. As for sending off Ordets, it's hard to blame him in that situation: Dzeko’s body was in front of him, it was a one-on-one situation, so Ivan had nothing left to do. Now it’s difficult to sum up the campaign results - the disappointment overwhelms everything. But the knockout phase’s point is that someone wins, and someone else loses. After a couple of days, we will analyse everything, draw the conclusions and talk. Our priorities are still the league title and winning the Ukrainian Cup.
- In the first half, we kept everything under control, played well, were looking for our chances while counterattacking, but in the second half we played poorly, with numerous errors, the team lacked aggressiveness. We conceded an unnecessary goal - we tried to get offside and paid for that. After that, it was necessary to charge forward, to cover the opponents, take risks, but it didn’t work. As for sending off Ordets, it's hard to blame him in that situation: Dzeko’s body was in front of him, it was a one-on-one situation, so Ivan had nothing left to do. Now it’s difficult to sum up the campaign results - the disappointment overwhelms everything. But the knockout phase’s point is that someone wins, and someone else loses. After a couple of days, we will analyse everything, draw the conclusions and talk. Our priorities are still the league title and winning the Ukrainian Cup.
Everything was decided by one episode, in which we had to react better: we practised all that in training, we knew how the opponents play, but conceded one due to a gross error
Taras Stepanenko, midfielder:
- I think we played well, even despite the fact that we lost. Everything was decided by one episode, in which we had to react better: we practised all that in training, we knew how the opponents play, but conceded one due to a gross error. The player of Roma delivered the ball from midfield not with his preferred foot, and Dzeko scored. In the attacks, we lacked that killer pass, the finishing shot. In the first half we counted on counterattacks, and we had three or four chances to fulfil them, and at the end of the game we created two pretty good chances and could equalize, but, unfortunately, this didn’t happen.
- I think we played well, even despite the fact that we lost. Everything was decided by one episode, in which we had to react better: we practised all that in training, we knew how the opponents play, but conceded one due to a gross error. The player of Roma delivered the ball from midfield not with his preferred foot, and Dzeko scored. In the attacks, we lacked that killer pass, the finishing shot. In the first half we counted on counterattacks, and we had three or four chances to fulfil them, and at the end of the game we created two pretty good chances and could equalize, but, unfortunately, this didn’t happen.
We wanted to act differently, to be more reliable defensively, but we made just one serious mistake and paid for it
Bohdan Butko, defender:
- A bitter defeat. We wanted to act differently, to be more reliable defensively, but we made just one serious mistake and paid for it. No one set the goal of claiming a goalless draw. Of course, we tried not to concede any goals, but we understood that we needed to score in order to feel confident. We had the chances but just failed to convert them. It was possible to reverse the match, but it got really tough after the sending-off.
- A bitter defeat. We wanted to act differently, to be more reliable defensively, but we made just one serious mistake and paid for it. No one set the goal of claiming a goalless draw. Of course, we tried not to concede any goals, but we understood that we needed to score in order to feel confident. We had the chances but just failed to convert them. It was possible to reverse the match, but it got really tough after the sending-off.