Kharkiv team lost two goals advantage in the match against Oleksandriya
Metalist Coach 1925 Oleg Golodyuk commented on the outcome of the postponed match of the sixth round UPL with Alexandria (3:3).
“A very difficult game in very difficult weather conditions. On a very difficult field against a good opponent, a fighting game came out. I think that the fans liked it, but after this match we had a little more headache, because a lot of players got injured. Made four forced replacements. And after we didn’t have the right to substitute, our central defender Yevhen Tkachuk played out for 15 minutes with an injury.”
“In this regard, we have problems. Now we need to think about how to quickly restore the guys in order to come in good readiness for the next round.
“I am sure that at the moment what the guys could do, they did. We flew in from Turkey, trained for two weeks on a synthetic field, then immediately playing on a flooded field, one might say in a swamp, is very difficult. This is by no means an excuse. It just played a part too. Alexandria released fresh players who refreshed the game. We, unfortunately, could not do this, because four forced substitutions and one player finished the game with an injury. I think it also played a role that we only made forced substitutions, and not those that could help us keep the score or score a fourth goal.
“Artem Gabelok did not play for the same reason, perhaps because of the synthetic surface on which we train. Felt pain a couple of days before the game and we decided not to risk his health, he stayed in Schastlivy to recover. I hope it will help us in the next matches.”
“We have full confidence in the people we have on the team, we trust them all. We are confident that they will be able to complete the tasks that the team faces without reinforcement. It’s a little alarming that we have a lot of injuries.”
Metalist 1925 in the middle of the second half won with a score of 3:1, but lost the lead. It should be noted that in the 51st minute the main goalkeeper of Kharkiv team Mozil was injured.
After this match, Metalist 1925 has 19 points in his asset and he is in seventh place in the standings. The Kharkiv team will face Shakhtar on March 5 in the next match.
Source: Sportarena
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