We are going forward

– To begin with, I want to congratulate the team on the win, on getting three very important points. These are the key points at the end of the championship because responsibility, stress, and tension increase. The psychological moment comes to the fore, not just tactics – the way to be able to play these intense matches brining us closer and closer to the goal we set before ourselves. We and a couple of other clubs fighting for the top spot. It's a lot of tension and you have to be able and know how to play such matches. According to play, I think we deserved to win. According to play. Because I can honestly say that in the first 60 minutes the difference between Shakhtar and Minaj could have been at least four goals today. Yes, the implementation failed, but combinatorial set, the interaction of players, the way certain things we have done at training sessions were carried out, this allowed us to break the saturated line of Minaj where large footballers capture zones in the first block. But we managed to create chances and only that last shot let us down so we can now say with a big smile that it was a top match. However, there are some situations we have to live with and gain some experience: when there is stress in the last 10-15 minutes making us learn to control our emotions, so there is no unexpected "bullet" becoming fatal for our victory in the match. For example, there was a situation in the first half, I haven't seen it yet, but they said there was a goal. I don't know because I don't watch the matches right away, but only the next day. But before that I also saw a foul on Traore, which I think took place. Be that as it may, this is a situation where Minaj and their head coach have questions regarding that moment for sure. But play wise, as I said, it should have been a four-goal difference and we wouldn't even talk about that episode now. The main thing is three very important points and we are going forward.

– Do you think Minaj’s play deserves to be noted today? (FC Minaj Press Service)
– Yes, and not only for today’s match, but for the games played earlier. Minaj had good unbeaten streak in the previous three matches. The team have very uncomfortable performers and a few more players did not play today. We must note that Vorobchak did not play, and Honchar is also a key player, Buleza can take many positions on the left wing, there are several other players who would definitely make the game difficult for us today. But you saw good Shakhtar today who deserved more goals – taking into account shots, chances, feeling that we controlled the game until the last moment where there was really some kind of nervousness. Because the fate of the championship is being decided now, and this is a normal phenomenon for our young football players who are going through such a situation for the first time. We learn, learn a lot from each match, draw conclusions and face each other in order to be even stronger and more powerful in the next match.