Conversion failed us
Sunday, May 7, 2023
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Press conference of head coach of Shakhtar Igor Jovicevic after the match against Oleksandriia
– How can you comment on the game? What did the team lack for victory?
– There is a feeling of disappointment with the result, but only with the result. There are no complaints about the game, combinatorial set, idea, intensity and pressure. The conversion failed us again. I do not know how many corner kicks there were, in the last three games we had almost 40 corner kicks. We even have opportunities, but something does not work. I think it is related to psychological pressure, because now the price of each shot is increasing, unlike when you first started this project. With such pressure from us, it used to be 3-0, 4-0, and now the tension is rising. You think that there is no time, and you start to rush with the last shot, the last pass. In this case we just need to calm down, because we are playing very well, we are putting pressure on the opponents and exhausting them, but currently the conversion is not optimal. We do not convert combinatorial set, duels into a score. We lost two points, unlike Dnipro-1, which took advantage of the present day and won. They do their work perfectly in all areas and segments. We see it in their game and some episodes, so we have to deal not only with the opponents, with ourselves, but also with some episodes that we cannot control. We still have five round ahead of us, I think with such play there is a great chance to see our dream come true. We have to calm the team down, not to make a tragedy after such a result, because only the result is disappointing, not the game itself. The conversion failed us a little, I hope it will improve in the next games and we will be able to achieve our dream.
– There is a feeling of disappointment with the result, but only with the result. There are no complaints about the game, combinatorial set, idea, intensity and pressure. The conversion failed us again. I do not know how many corner kicks there were, in the last three games we had almost 40 corner kicks. We even have opportunities, but something does not work. I think it is related to psychological pressure, because now the price of each shot is increasing, unlike when you first started this project. With such pressure from us, it used to be 3-0, 4-0, and now the tension is rising. You think that there is no time, and you start to rush with the last shot, the last pass. In this case we just need to calm down, because we are playing very well, we are putting pressure on the opponents and exhausting them, but currently the conversion is not optimal. We do not convert combinatorial set, duels into a score. We lost two points, unlike Dnipro-1, which took advantage of the present day and won. They do their work perfectly in all areas and segments. We see it in their game and some episodes, so we have to deal not only with the opponents, with ourselves, but also with some episodes that we cannot control. We still have five round ahead of us, I think with such play there is a great chance to see our dream come true. We have to calm the team down, not to make a tragedy after such a result, because only the result is disappointing, not the game itself. The conversion failed us a little, I hope it will improve in the next games and we will be able to achieve our dream.