In an interview with Sport Arena, the striker of the first-league club spoke about his half-year in the 2022/23 season, the situation at Gornyak-Sport and future plans
During the winter break at one of the suburban stadiums, we met the Gornyak-Sport football player Vladislav Gorbachenko. The 25-year-old striker kept fit at the tournament in memory of the honored coach of Ukraine Viktor Zhilin and surprised us with the answer to the first question: how are you doing when you are going to start working at the Gornyak-Sport training camp?
– In fact, my contract with this club has expired and I am now looking for a new team, – Vladislav answered. – Now I am actually in the status of a free agent.
– The news from Gorishni Plavni is alarming: at first it was reported that the club was almost ceasing to exist, then there was information that Igor Zhabchenko had left the post of his head coach …
– I have nothing to add or object to: I also mainly learn news from the press, I also read on your website that Igor Valentinovich can lead another First League club. I liked working in a club like Gornyak-Sport under the guidance of this coach. I consider the time spent in Gorishni Plavny to be useful for me.
– For 13 matches – two goals and one assist. It could be better?
– Of course. First of all, I must add that I have two uncounted goals. In general, it was hard for Gornyak-Sport, you saw that representatives of our club complained more than once about the objectivity of refereeing. I have no right to judge this, but I agree with the representatives of the club.
In general, I take into account the current situation. In the summer I was on trial in other teams, I could not hold training camps with Gornyak-Sport. It’s the same story for many other players. Therefore, here, on the contrary, we must pay tribute to our team and coaching staff, thanks to the work of which we all improved in shape right in the season. Everyone saw that Gornyak-Sport improved significantly over time and, in general, did not lose to anyone in such a way that, as they say, “with a bang”. Everywhere they fought and imposed a struggle.
– You are not new to the First League. What are your impressions of this non-standard season?
– We understand what time it is now and how difficult it was in principle to hold competitions in war conditions. Therefore, we have what we have. It’s good that such a non-standard format is held. This is curious. Good level of teams in general. Perhaps there were no such giants as in previous seasons (at least in our group), but it turned out to be very equal and competitive competitions.
– Arsenal-Kyivshchyna (Bila Tserkva), youth team Vorskla (Poltava), Rubikon (Kyiv), FC Kalush, VPK-Agro (Vyshneve), Prykarpattya (Ivano-Frankivsk), Gornyak-Sport (Gorishni Plavni). Which teams do you have the best memories of?
– About everyone. Each of them gave me something. I don’t want to remember bad things. We must work further. If you single out, VPK-Agro played well before the injury, there were successful matches, the confidence of the coaches. In Gornyak-Sport, something has also been achieved. Therefore, I tune in to the positive and I want to show myself well in the future.
Source: Sportarena
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